Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza woke up in a heavily curtained room with sun rays peeking through the deep forest green curtains. Her head pounded and her heart raced as she took in the unfamiliar surroundings. This was definitely not her room, she vaguely remembered drinking too much and prayed that she hadn't done something stupid enough to get herself fired from her coveted position. She couldn't believe that she had let herself get carried away at her boss's daughter's wedding.

She had always been of proud of her ability to control her feelings but one chance encounter with Jonathan and all the control over her emotions flew out of the window. Frustrated with the suspense over the drama she may have caused last night, Liza decided to walk out of the room. She got up from the bed and hissed as her feet touched the cold marble floor. She silently opened the door and walked out of the room. Liza could hear someone in the living room and she made her way towards the noise in hopes of finding out where she was. Liza hoped that it was not some strange person or worse someone from her office.

As she entered the somewhat warm drawing room her attention was immediately drawn to the dark haired man sitting on the chair. That shade of hair seemed familiar to her. It was nearly the same shade as Jonathan, Liza gasped at thought and prayed that it wasn't Jonathan, anyone but Jonathan. Hearing her gasp the man turned around and Liza let out a breath of relief. "Hey, you are up?" he said more like a question. Liza couldn't help but feel disappointed as she realized that it was not Jonathan but Steve.

bring me here?" she asked hesitantly. "I wish it had been me then I could claim to be your knight in shining armor and demand a kiss from you in return but sadly

a second, maybe he had a girlfriend now or he had more important matters to attend to than looking after her. Who was she kidding? Of course she wouldn't matter that much to him

on the black couch. Rubbing her temples with her fingers. Her head had started pounding viciously. "Here you go" Steve said as he handed a glass of water and Advil. Liza swallowed the tablet and rested her head back. "You can take a shower in my bathroom. Krista left some clothes for you" Steve said as he watched her take deep breaths. "No, it's fine. I will just go home. "Liza said. "I will drive you then" Steve said and went to retrieve his car keys before she could protest. Liza felt embarrassed at her lack of professionalism. Even though Steve was a friend of George and Krista he was still a client of the company and she

cheeks. Steve chuckled "It's alright. It's not like I have something important to do. Come-on now tell me your address." Liza gave him directions to her house and before they knew Steve had parked his car right outside Liza's building. Liza got out of the car and bent down to look at Steve through the window "Thank you so much for dropping me and letting me stay at your house and I am sorry for causing trouble" she said. "It's fine. I am glad I could help.