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Accidentally In Love With You CHAPTER 101
Thank the Lord above for HR. Mia didn’t think she’d ever thought those words before or would again, but right at that moment she would have gladly gotten down on the ground and prostrated herself before Becca, the HR manager, for saving her from the meeting from H-E-double-L. “Okay, so this is your security access card,” Becca said handing Mia a branded ‘The Playbook’ card similar to the visitor one she got from reception earlier. “Don’t lose it or Carter will lose his shit. It’s a big deal to get a new one and, you know, deactivate the old one, so it’s best just to make sure you don’t lose it.” Mia nodded, taking the card and slipping it into the special pocket of her handbag where she kept all her important stuff. “I need you to sign these contracts and read through all this stuff from the Fair Work Ombudsman and our workplace policies on bullying, sexual harassment, etcetera. We need your tax file number and your bank account details so we can pay you, and your firstborn chil
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With the way her mind went completely gaga around Liam, that could be disastrous and only make the awkward situation awkwarder…was that even a word? She didn’t know, but she was using it. It suited the situation perfectly. If she didn’t have a solid plan worked out by the time Liam came back into his office she would definitely end up making the whole thing more awkward than it already was. She walked around Liam’s office, her fingers grazing the surface of his desk the bureau, and the window sill that had a spectacular view of the city. She could smell his aftershave and practically feel his presence in the room without him even being there. It wasn’t helping her come up with the words she needed or the strategy to make things less awkward between them, but she couldn’t deny she liked having this moment alone in his office to soak him in. Raised voices coming from one of the other offices made her stop and turn. The door was still open and she could see the other staff looking in
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“Fine. If you want the truth then here it is. I don’t think she has enough experience to be anywhere near this project.” Carter’s only response was to raise his eyebrows. “She’s never done a day of work in a place like this. She’s still in that imaginary place that the university makes out the real world to be. We all know that living this job every day is nothing like they told us it would be when we were at university. Yeah, she might think it’s exciting to work with a celebrity like Darius Carathurs, but there is nothing glamorous about this job. At best she’ll be fetching coffee and at worst she’ll be a distraction to Carathurs that we can’t contain.” “So, let me get this straight. Are you worried about her messing this opportunity up for you? You’re worried her inexperience will make you look bad?” “Don’t put words in my mouth,” Liam snapped. “It’s true, though, isn’t it? This is about you making your mark and getting the attention of your brother and you are worried she’s
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“I could style shiny, sparkling, unicorn fracking rings around you, Mr. I-Am-Too-Sexy-For-This-Shirt. I could beat you in a mother-blessed style-off with one hand tied behind my back and a pirate patch over one eye. I am fan-fickle-fantastic at what I do, which you would know if you have a good gosh darn about anyone else than yourself!” Her voice had risen and Carter and Liam had taken a step back from her, their mouths open and their eyes wide. If she wasn’t so mad, it would be funny. “Mia,” Liam tried again, braving her wrath to try and reason with her but she couldn’t be reasoned with. She saw her one and only opportunity to show everyone in her life that she was more than just the Minnie-Mouse-baby-sister-princess slipping through her fingers and she was grasping wildly at anything she could to stop her career from free-falling over a cliff. “Just give me a chance to prove myself,” she said, pushing her shoulders back and lifting her chin. “Throw me a fudge cookie crumb and
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Liam was aware of the office staring at them as he urged Mia—his hand still wrapped around her elbow—across the main floor of the office and into his sanctum. He slammed the door closed and released her, shaking his hand out to get rid of the tingling sensation that had been burning up his arm since he touched her. Releasing her was the last thing he wanted to do. What he really wanted was to push her against his desk, kiss the ever-living shit out of her and then reacquaint himself with her body. But he didn’t. Instead, he stalked around the desk to put the large, solid piece of furniture between them and pointed to the chair for her to sit in. He sank slowly down into his own chair, clasping his hands tightly and leaning them on the desk so he wouldn’t reach across and drag her onto his lap. It was fucking ridiculous how much he wanted her and how much his caveman's brain had taken over his rational, stable mental capacity. He was breathing hard and when he looked up at Mia, s
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Mia looked at him for a beat and he wondered if she was having flashes of what happened between them that night and then she shook her head to clear it or maybe in answer to his question. “Peyton doesn’t know,” she replied. “It, ah, it might be best if she didn’t find out,” he said, feeling like an arsehole all over again. “Yeah,” Mia replied, exhaling roughly. “Um, well, so do you have someone in mind to ask to be your candidate for the makeover?” he asked briskly, moving on from the awkwardness and into something he felt entirely more comfortable with. She bit her lip, sinking her teeth into her plump lower lip, and he groaned inwardly. “Yeah. Yes. Of course,” she replied, plastering a bright smile on her face. He nodded, desperate for this meeting to be over and to move her out of the close quarters of his office. “Okay great. “Your cubicle is just outside the door. Why don’t you go and get settled? I’m sure HR had some forms for you to fill out. There’s a phone on your
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This time Mia did drop her head to the desk and she even pounded it a couple of times to see if she could knock some sense into herself. Who in the fecking world was she going to get to be her ‘candidate?’ With a deep sigh, she pulled out her phone and opened Facebook. She scrolled through her friend's list and discounted each one after a moment of consideration. She knew lots of people. It was just the way she was. A stranger was just a friend she hadn’t met yet. But none of them were right for something this important. She had an opportunity to show both Liam and Carter, as well as her university lecturers and her family, that she was actually good at something. It was her chance to shine and she was ship-scared of fluffing it up. She clicked on her ex-boyfriend Danny. He had a good body and a gorgeous face and his style could definitely do with a bit of a spruce up. She dialed his number and bit her lip while she waited for him to pick up. “Hey Mia,” he said, an
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“Carter liked the idea so much he decided it should be the next series on Liam’s blog. We each have to style someone and the readers will vote.” “That doesn’t sound so bad,” Peyton said. “You’re really good at what you do. I bet you could give Liam a run for his money.” “Yeah well,l none of that can happen unless I find a willing body to be my coat-hanger and everyone I’ve asked has turned me down.” “Marc?” “Both Marc and Alex said no. Danny said no, Jamie said no, Blain said no. I’ve gone through my entire contacts list and not one person is willing to help me out.” “Do you want me to ask Finn?” Peyton asked. “Thanks, but no. I thought about it, but I think I need someone impartial. Besides, haven’t the two of you had enough of the spotlight?” Peyton groaned. “Enough for a lifetime but I’m sure if you needed someone desperately he would do it.” “No,” Mia said with a gusty sigh. “I wouldn’t ask him. I was just hoping you might have some ideas ab
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6 months later“Are you ready for this?” Anthony asked as they stood outside the courtroom. Talia nodded and gripped Parker’s hand. The judge had called them back in for the verdict on Mark’s trial and she couldn’t deny she was nervous. The weeks spent preparing for the trial and then sitting through the witness statements and being cross-examined by an aggressive defense attorney who made her out to be some sort of diva and ungrateful bitch who was somehow ripping off the father who had done everything for her had taken its toll. And the media beat-up was just as bad. However, not all the media had been on her father’s side. Talia had discovered she had far more supporters than she’d thought. Her fans—the true fans—had gathered in force to support her and she loved them for it. Not enough for her to consider going back into acting, but enough that going through the trial had been bearable. But if not for the constant and unwavering support of Parker, Talia didn’t think she woul
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Parker rolled his eyes as he took her hand and stood. “Seal the deal?” “Isn’t that what you said earlier?” He shook his head, his grin still in place. “No, I said celebrate.” “Okay, good. Let’s do that then.” Parker grabbed her and lifted her up, making Talia squeal. He kissed her and she wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his shoulders. Stumbling, he carried her to the bedroom and tossed her on the bed with a flourish, making her squeal again. “I feel like we need champagne and strawberries or something,” Parker said, standing with his hands on his hips as he looked around the room. “You mean like pouring champagne in my belly button and licking it out?” Talia asked, lifting her shirt to reveal her navel. Parker cocked an eyebrow. “Hmm…that’s something to think about for a later celebration,” he said. Talia pouted. Parker held up his hands. “I don’t have any champagne on hand,” he protested. “Then I’ll just have to
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“You called Isaac,” Parker said when he walked into the apartment. Talia looked up at him and bit her lip. “I did,” she said. “But before you get mad, I didn’t say anything about what happened. And I did it because I knew you wouldn’t say anything to defend yourself.” Parker sighed. “I’m not mad,” he said, walking over to where she was seated, working on her miniature diorama. He leaned down and kissed her. “I’m grateful. Thank you. What you said to Isaac helped.” Talia grinned up at him. “So, they’re going to let you do the article?” Parker nodded. “They are.” “That’s so great,” Talia replied. “So it all worked out.” Parker pulled out a chair and sat down beside her. “Things have worked out for me, but what about you? What are your plans now? Without Mark controlling your every move, you can do anything you want.” Talia dropped her head and fidgeted with her fingers in her lap. “I don’t know what I want to do,” she said quietly. “I don’t think I wan
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Talia pulled back from the kiss. “Don’t you think it was pretty selfish of me not to sacrifice myself for you?” she asked. “No,” he said, reaching up to tuck some hair behind her ear. “What you did wasn’t selfish, it was survival. There’s a difference. Me expecting you to sacrifice yourself for my job would have been selfish. Are you doing what you need to in order to survive? Not selfish. Not in the slightest.” “It feels selfish,” she mumbled, leaning her forehead against his. “I feel like I need to do something to make it up to you.” Parker cupped her face. “Talia,” he whispered. “This is not some quid pro quo thing. There will be times when you will save me. I have no doubt about it. That’s how relationships work. It’s swings and roundabouts. There is no big tally sheet in the sky and nobody is keeping score.” “I just don’t want you to feel resentful—” Parker cut off the rest of her sentence with a kiss. “How could I be resentful of the fact that I get to have you in my l
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“She’s asleep,” Parker said, coming into the living room from his bedroom where Talia had finally succumbed to sleep. He slumped onto the couch beside Stephen and laid his head on his father’s shoulder. Anthony looked over at him from where he was sitting, going through some paperwork on his laptop, and Carter paced, not able to sit still. “I take it the article came out,” Parker said. “Yeah,” Carter replied with a sigh as he raked his hand through his hair. “It’s going to do us some damage,” Parker said. “Maybe,” Carter said with a shrug. “Maybe not.” Parker frowned at him. “What does that mean?” “It gets your name out there,” he replied. “It will drive people to your blog.” “Fucking hell, Carter,” Parker exploded, jumping to his feet. “Seriously? You think this is a good thing?” “I didn’t say that,” Carter replied. “I just said it wasn’t necessarily damaging to us.” “And what about Parker asked. “The article would have tanked that de
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Anthony had filed a police report as soon as he arrived in the city. “Their hands are tied,” Anthony said with a sigh. “There is no evidence of force and as she recently hid from the public because of a scandal, we have nothing to say she isn’t doing it again because of the latest issue.” “But can’t they force her to at least speak with them? To check that she’s okay?” Parker asked. “As far as they’re concerned, she has just gone into hiding again,” Anthony reiterated. “Until we have something to say otherwise, they can’t do anything. This has the potential to be a high-profile case because of who she is, so if they make a big deal about it and it turns out to be something innocent, it might blow up in their faces.” “That’s bullshit,” Parker growled, pushing up from his seat to pace around the room. He hated that he was sitting there doing nothing while Talia was trapped in her father’s house. It was torture to know where she was and yet not be able to get to
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“You have got to be fucking kidding me,” Talia said. After Mark’s big reveal the night before, Talia had been left to sleep off the effects of the sedative he’d given her. The fucking bastard. He’d locked her door so she couldn’t get out and the window was too far from the ground for her to escape that way. Not without breaking something, anyway. Which Talia wouldn’t have minded, except with the way she’d been feeling, the thing that got broken might very well be her head, and she was kind of attached to it being in one piece and remaining on her shoulders. So Mark had stalked her and Parker and then kidnapped her and drugged her and imprisoned her and he was under the impression that he was perfectly within his rights to do so. “I’m doing this for you,” Mark said. “Your mental health is at stake here.” “The only threat to my mental health is your arsehole behavior,” Talia snapped. They were sitting in the sunny kitchen at the table and Mark was trying to pretend that it
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Carter clicked his fingers. “The original photos, the ones that were taken when you took her out to look at the miniature street art.” Carter turned to Parker. “You were in some of those photos. Your face was blurred, but that could have been done after the fact.” “So he’s been following me?” Parker asked. “You and Carter. Both would be my guess,” Jack said. “So he’s been following us, but how did he know I was sending a car to pick her up?” Parker asked. “Have you noticed anyone following you?” Carter asked. Parker shook his head and then paused. “What?” Carter asked. “What’s that look?” “It’s probably nothing,” Parker said. “Just say it,” Carter said. “I was speaking to Talia just before I went into the meeting he said. “When I hung up from the call, I bumped into a guy…you don’t think…nah. It can’t be. This isn’t some espionage movie.” “Could he have overheard your conversation?” Jack asked, leaning back in his chair and looking up
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Parker was on a high. By all accounts, Atticus was on board with his proposal. Isaac just wanted to check in with the rest of the band before giving him a definitive answer. That was fine with Parker. Things would go much more smoothly if everyone was in agreement. The last thing he wanted was a hostile environment and if any of the members had misgivings about the proposal, then he would walk away. It would hurt, but he would do it. For this to work—for everyone involved—there had to be open communication and a willingness to participate. Without that, Parker may as well give up now. He climbed into his car, cursing the parking ticket and flapping on his windscreen. Getting out again, he grabbed it from under the windscreen wiper and shoved it into his glove compartment. The Playbook could pay for that. It was the price of doing business, after all. He turned the music up loud as he navigated through the heavy traffic toward his apartment building. He couldn’t wait to tell Ta
