Chapter 114. This Bitch

Lila POV

Jesus!

My heart slammed against my ribs so hard I thought it might crack.

Okay…

First of all…

In all my five to six years working for Ryder Hawthorne, I had never — not once — heard him curse like that so much in a sentence.

Yea. He was always cold, ruthless, terrifyingly calm. He could destroy someone with a single look or a quiet sentence. But actual vulgar words? Never. Not like this.

Secondly…

Who did he just cuss at me for?

That goddamn fool, freya?

My hands clenched tightly at my sides as fury and disbelief burned through me. Who the hell did he think he was protecting? That little nobody who had only been here for a few weeks? The same girl who walked into this company like she owned it?

I felt a cold trickle of fear snake down my spine, but I quickly shoved it away. I refused to be scared. I had done nothing wrong. In fact, I had enjoyed every single second of what I did to her that day. Watchi