Maya's POV
Security closes in around us before I can gather my thoughts. Questions are fired from every direction, but they blur into meaningless noise beneath the relentless c***k of camera shutters. Ethan's hand remains firmly around my waist as we are hurried through the grand lobby and out toward the black luxury sedan waiting at the curb. Ethan opens the rear door, silently urging me inside.
The heavy leather door of the luxury club sedan clicks shut, instantly suffocating the roar of the press pack outside.
The moment we are behind closed doors, my professional mask shatters.
"Are you completely out of your mind?!" I spin around in the leather seat, my chest heaving beneath my green silk dress as I glare at Ethan.
Ethan doesn't answer immediately. He calmly unties his black velv
