Twenty Seven

SCARLET POV

"This conference was a bad idea" I murmured to myself as I dug around for my pills, my gaze blurring a bit as my head throbbed.

I'd managed to convince Kristine to Collab with me on the new project I had for the company, and when my head started acting up again, I spent the rest of the night trying to lose her, and once I did, I'd just dived into the closest room I could find and shut the door.

Grabbing the pills, I opened the bottles, but I must have been too forceful because everything flew up in the air and scattered around me.

I groaned, then whirled around when I heard the door that I was sure had been closed the entire time I'd been in here make a sound.

"Raphael" I choked out his first name out of shock.

He exhaled shakily, relief flooding his face as his hand clenched on the handle of the door. "God! I thought I lost you" he rumbled, his voice causing my skin to break out in goosebumps.

I gaped at him, at his frame blocking the door that led out to the party,