I felt my phone buzz in the purse on my thighs, I pulled it up, finger flipping open the tiny lock, the gadget still buzzed insistently.
I took it out of the purse. Low music still thumped, and voices blasting off the microphones from the speakers.
I looked at the screen. It was Eli's private nurse, the one Lucien had hired to always be by him. It sounded urgent.
My eyebrows furrowed. Lucien caught my eye, I tilted my phone so he could see I needed to take a call. He nodded, nudging me to go ahead.
My feet clicked, each sound swallowed by the loud music now blasting in the hall. I dashed outside. Fresh breeze reached my face again, curly strands danced in the wind.
The call had ended before I could pick up. I moved down, away from the noise. Then I dialed the number, calling back. T
