ALIANA

I was able to hear him clearly.

Dominic’s voice, annoyed, recognizable echoed down the tiled corridor, outside the women’s restroom.

“Aliana? Aliana, unlock this door!”

I stopped halfway through my breath.

With my back resting on the marble countertop my heart racing. I looked up at Michael standing above me with his jaw clenched hard while the muscle in his cheek twitched. He looked completely disheveled.

He looked like someone prepared for a food feast yet this moment was unsuitable for that.

“Is he still around?" Michael asked, his tone quiet and deadly.

“It wasn’t intentional " I murmured. "I had no idea my parents asked him—”

Dominic knocked...