Chapter 103

Chase’s POV

With a hand on Maya’s waist, I led her back to the ballroom. “What was that about?”

“Long story.” She sighed. “I’ll tell you when we get home. Why did you come looking for me?”

I eyed her. “With the amount of time you took, you might have drowned in the toilet— ow!” I laced my fingers through hers to stop her from elbowing me again. “I was worried. You took so long and I tried to reach you but you’ve put up that darn wall again. You need to stop doing that.”

My alarm had grown as everyone went far with dinner but Maya still didn’t return. I would have come to find her since but Ron managed to slightly ease my worry by assuring me that if she was in trouble, she would have reached out to me. So, I had waited until dinner neared its end and empty glasses were being replaced with wine to make a toast to the night’s success. That was when my patient snapped.

Maya grimaced guiltily. “Sorry, babe. I didn’t want you to feel me getting worked up and come find me.”

I sighed. “Okay,