#Chapter 173: The Secret’s Out

Aria’s POV After receiving the details from Liam’s assistant, I hung up the phone and rushed from the office, dashing toward the stairwell. I had suspected that Jackson wasn’t going to easily let go of his assumptions about Liam harassing me, but I’d been hoping I’d at least have time to talk to Liam about them first. I’d thought that together we could develop a strategy to help maintain our cover here at the office. Jackson was impulsive and headstrong. He was also a friend. I should have known he’d want to come to my rescue sooner rather than later. But I didn’t think he’d do it in quite this way. Cornering Liam in a stairwell, what was he thinking? Jackson was younger, but Liam was taller and broader. If a fight actually broke out, Liam would likely win. I only hoped that Liam could keep his cool long enough to realize that Jackson didn’t really mean any harm. He just wanted to protect me. In the stairwell, I rushed up the stairs. Before I could see them, I could hear