#Chapter 77: Act Professionally

Aria’s POV Walking into Liam’s office, I felt like a kid called in front of the principal. I knew if nothing else, I was definitely in for a lecture. I had been careless, sending that email instead of coming to Liam with my order form directly like I usually did. Then I had made everything worse by not following up on it – all because I hadn’t wanted to talk to Liam, not even through a phone call. Now the drivers and the team might suffer, and I was to blame. I moved to stand in front of Liam’s desk, bracing myself for his reprimand. He’d probably want to sit down like any other boss would, while making me stand awkwardly in shame. Instead, staying near the closed door, Liam surprised me by saying, “I’m sorry, Aria.” Startled, I turned to look at him. “It’s my fault. I sent the email. I didn’t follow through.” “I’m not talking about the order form,” he said. “Liam…” Now really wasn’t the time or place to be having this conversation. We were at work, and while we were