Climbing the Ladder by A.E. Radley

Author:A.E. Radley [Radley, A.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Publisher: Heartsome Publishing
Published: 2018-08-11T23:00:00+00:00

I’m sorry. I’m an idiot. I can’t seem to act like a human being around you. I apologise from the bottom of my heart for being a rude, inconsiderate arse.

She hit send and let out a deep sigh.

It probably wasn’t going to solve anything, but at least she had finally said what she had been thinking for months.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Darcy loitered in reception. It had to be her. Rose was running late, and Kim was talking Helen down from a murderous rampage.

While she usually didn’t enjoy work drama, this particular incident was timely. It meant that her utter failure to bump into Celia the previous evening wasn’t going to be the topic of discussion. Not for a while anyway.

She’d never actively hope for someone else’s day to come crashing down in flames, but she’d certainly take advantage of the opportunity to move the subject away from her.

Fiona breezed into the office. She paused only upon seeing Darcy in reception and raised her eyebrow in a silent question.

“Just waiting for someone,” Darcy said, suitably vaguely.

It was true. She was waiting for Chloe. Waiting to warn her that all hell was about to break loose. But she didn’t want to tell Fiona that. Fiona probably wouldn’t approve of Chloe being given any such warning.

Luckily, it looked like Fiona was unaware of what had transpired the night before. Sadly, that ignorance wouldn’t last long. It looked like it might be another tense day at the Honey office.

Fiona nodded and walked towards the inner office. Darcy looked at her watch. There was another half an hour until the workday technically started. She hoped that Chloe would arrive soon.

“Blithering idiot!”

Darcy jumped. She turned around to see Pippa almost take the door off its hinges in her hurry to enter the office.

“Where is she?” Pippa demanded. “Or has she seen sense and decided to not come back?”

Darcy stood tall. “Who?” she asked innocently.

Pippa narrowed her eyes, trying to ascertain if Darcy knew what she was talking about.

“New girl,” Pippa spat out.

At least she hasn’t learnt her name yet, Darcy thought. Less chance of a murder at Chloe’s personal address.

“Not seen her.”

“Well, when you do, tell her that I want to see her. Preferably, her head on a spike! I see Helen has put together a statement, fat lot of good that will do! No one reads the bloody things anyway.” Pippa stormed into the inner office.

Any chance of a quiet day at Honey had now been well and truly blown out of the water. In a few minutes, Fiona would be aware of the situation. Open-plan offices were nice and bright and easy to navigate, but news travelled fast. Fiona wasn’t stupid, she’d put two and two together and quickly realise that Darcy was waiting for Chloe.

Her only hope was to find Chloe and get her out of sight, so they could have a conversation before anyone from management had a chance to kill her.

Darcy opened the door and stepped out into the communal area. As she did, Chloe stepped off the elevator.

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