Forgiven by Fall Carly

Author:Fall, Carly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, angels, forgiveness, hell, jealousy, heaven, lake tahoe
Publisher: Carly Fall

Chapter 22

As Liam was cleaning up the broken coffee cup, Adela came into the kitchen. He saw her out of the corner of his eye, but pretended he didn’t.

“Hello, Liam,” she said softly.

“Hey,” he grumbled, sweeping the last of the mug into the dustpan.

“What happened in here? Can I help you?”

Liam emptied the dustpan into the garbage. “No, I got it. Thanks, though.”

He kept his back to her as he dumped the burnt eggs into the garbage.

“What happened?” she asked again.

Liam shut his eyes, exhausted, even though his day had started a mere two hours ago. At some point he would have to face her, so he took a deep breath and turned around.

She glowed. It wasn’t a glow that one would see in Heaven, but one of life and happiness. She looked delicious as she stood before him in a green sweater and grey sweatpants, her hair back in a braid. Her large, brown eyes looked at him expectantly.

He didn’t know what she was expecting from him. A good morning kiss? A hug? Or just an answer to her question?

He went with the latter. Distance—he had to distance himself from her, but keep her close enough so that the fucking Viking didn’t get his paws on her.

“Well, I, uh, burnt the eggs, dropped a coffee cup, and burnt my hand.”

There was no sense telling her that he had gotten into it with Gunnar. It would only open up room for more questions.

“Oh, no!” Adela exclaimed, reaching for his hand wrapped in the towel. “Are you okay, Liam?”

No, he wasn’t. His hand hurt like a bitch, and he hated himself for what happened last night, but on the other hand, he wouldn’t trade the experience for the world.

He pulled away from her. “I’m fine. Thanks.”

Adela looked at him, and he could see she was trying to figure out how to act, just as he was. Sighing, he figured he better just lay down the rules right now before she tried to kiss him or something.

“Look, Adela,” he said. “Last night was fun, okay? I really enjoyed myself, but it never should have happened.”

Her eyes clouded over and her face fell. She quickly arranged her features into an emotionless mask, like the one he was used to seeing when she was an Angel of Death.

“And why is that?” she asked, he voice clipped.

“Because we shouldn’t have done it and it can’t happen again. It won’t. We’ll just call it our little mistake and be on with our lives, with our assignment, okay?”

Adela crossed her arms over her chest and her eyes flared in anger. “A mistake?” she snapped. “That’s how you think of last night? A mistake?”

No, I think it was the most beautiful experience of my existence, but the way I feel about you scares the hell out of me.

Instead, he said, “Well, yeah. We don’t know what’s going to happen with us, Adela. We’re supposed to be working together, not sleeping together. We could be Angels of Death again tomorrow and never see each other again.

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