All too late for his love

Chapter 271

After much contemplation, Liam decided to tell Zayn about Willow’s situation.

Zayn had grown even more intimidating since Willow’s apparent death. His frighteningly icy expression and brooding demeanor were enough to loosen the bladders of any high–level executive who dared

approach him.

The top floor of the Carter Group building had been crackling with a dark, menacing energy these days.

Everyone in the company dared not so much as make a pip when they were on the top floor lest they

angered Zayn and get themselves thrown from the rooftop.

The day before, the head of the finance department had made a minor mistake–so minor it was

practically negligible–when he was reporting his work progress to Zayn.

Zayn was strict with work. In the past, he would have given the head of the finance department a dark

look if the latter made the same mistake.

However, during the meeting the previous day, the head of the finance department had been met with a

look so frigid that Zayn might as well have been hurling ice blocks at him,

were even more menacing, and

in

were on the verge

always vied for Zayn’s attention

terrified about bringing

to tears on

chest and mustered his courage before carefully knocking on

“Hey, boss?”

harsh bark that made Liam shudder. He gently pushed open the office door and walked over to Zayn’s desk, his steps

“Boss, there’s something

his impatient tone implied that Liam might be thrown. from the rooftop if he

skin pebbled when a cold

feel like to have the air

window.

at the idea of free–falling from such a

on Zayn’s desk and informed, “Boss, I came across this

could have gone mute from having Zayn’s

Liam to pieces and send him

Liam forced his wits to stay with him and tried to look as unfazed as

his courage as his following words tumbled out of him in

breath.

reading the news not because I was slacking, boss! It was purely coincidental, I

still alive and has now become