Chapter eighty two.

Emily's POV.

"Good morning Miss Emily," Kimberly's voice snapped me out of my chain of thought as I walked towards my office.

Sometimes I wonder how she always knew that I was passing towards my office, her office is located quite far from the hallway.

"Kimberly, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine, thank you ma'am," she smiled. "Is everything okay though? Your eyes are swollen and red," her next words hit me hard across the ear sending stabs of realization down my spine.

How could I be so careless to forget the sunglass that I had intended to put on while coming in for work.

After what happened with Liam the previous day, I couldn't sleep a wink through the night, no matter how hard I tried to console myself, the tears never stopped rolling.

I only got a whiff of sleep during the early hours of the morning and had woken up afterwards with swollen eyes.

"Oh, it's nothing serious my dear," I faked a grin. "The kids are becoming more of a handful by the day, I had to stay awake all nigh