"What are you doing here?" She asked, looking at him complete shock, still unsure of whether she was dreaming or not.
Nick began to move forward closer to her desk, "I'm here to see my daughter" He said as if everything was completely normal.
"What?" Zoe spat. She could not believe what she was hearing. He had come to see his daughter?! He hadn't bothered to come and see her in the past year so why now?! The only person that Nick Jordan cared about was himself, always had and always would.
"Where is she?" Nick simply asked, completely ignoring the fact that Zoe was getting more and more angry. He couldn't be bothered to argue with her, he knew that she was going to blow at any minute. He wasn't going to lie though, he did love it when she got angry, it had always been one of his weak points.
"Don't you dare" Zoe bitterly shouted "Where the hell have you been for the last year?" She continued to shout as her anger just took complete control.
"I needed some space to grieve... I lost my wife remember" He shouted back to match Zoe's anger. She didn't understand, she was never going to understand the pain that he had experienced when Yvonne died, all she cared about was herself, selfish Zoe wanting to be at the center of everybody's attention he thought to himself.
"You never change do you" She spat in anger "Still the only person that matters in Nick Jordan's world" She said throwing her arms up in frustration.
Nick moved forward and firmly placed his hands on her desk, leaning forward and lowering his tone slightly, "and why do you think the only reason I have come back is?" He spat, angry at her comment, as that wasn't true, Hollie was his absolute world.
"You cannot say that you have come back to see Hollie" She laughed sarcastically "if you cared about her so much then you wouldn't of missed a whole year of her life" She barked "no cards or letters... nothing"
"I was in a bad place" Nick replied, moving away from Zoe's desk.
"Bullshit" Zoe snapped "Do you know how hard it is telling your 3 year old daughter that daddy has gone and might never come back?" She rhetorically asked, "I was the one who was there when she cried every single night Nick wanting you" She continued to express her anger "and I was the one that bothered to celebrate her 4th birthday"
Nick opened his mouth to speak, but didn't get chance as soon was soon shouting out him her voice getting angrier by the sentence.
"Nice house... garden... couple of kids" She cited a sentence that he had said to her when they first got together "and I'm the one bringing that kid up" she barked.
"It's not like that at all" Nick retaliated "I was there day in day out for the first 3 years of her life and you know that"
"She's not a dog Nick, you can't come and go when you want" Zoe shouted one again.
Nick just shook her comments off, "Well I'm back now" He said, trying to calm his tone.
"Yeah for how long?" She sniggered, rolling her eyes. She had heard it all before. Truth was Nick was never going to be the settling down type, not even now he had the responsibility of a daughter.
"Forever" Nick replied, "I'm here to take care of her so stop pushing me away" He firmly said.
"Pushing you away?" Zoe laughed "You've done that perfectly well yourself" She sniggered.
"I've not come here to argue with you all day" Nick shouted "I just want to see my daughter"
"You're not seeing her" She spat. Why should he see her? walk back into her life like nothing had ever happened, like he had never been gone. Oh no, he wasn't going to have daddy of the year award that easy. Not if Zoe had anything to do with it.
They were both soon brought out of their shouting as there was a knock on the door, they both turned to look as Charlie entered.
Zoe sighed "What's the matter Charlie?" She asked, turning her tone much calmer and professional now.
Charlie could tell that they had been arguing though, this was just like before they got together, they would always be tearing at each others throats in this very office. Fact was, they were just too similar.
"you're needed in the staff room" He said, trying not to give away that it was Hollie as he could tell that Zoe wouldn't want Nick anywhere nearer her right now.
Zoe's eyes looked at him in concern, resisting the urge to ask what was wrong so that Nick didn't suspect anything. She simply nodded, "I'll be there in a minute" She said to Charlie.
"It's Hollie isn't it?" Nick asked looking from Charlie to Zoe before racing out of the office.
