Without waiting for a reply, Chris turned and hurried toward the corridor, leaving Stacy standing there, clearly annoyed at having her moment cut short.
Before she could say something else to Felix, Chris called out to her impatiently.
“Stacy! What are you doing? Come on!”
The sharpness in his tone made Stacy jump into action, and she turned to glare at his back for daring to talk to her this way in public… in front of Felix of all people!
But Chris didn’t even notice; his attention was already somewhere else, and grudgingly enough, Stacy smoothed her dress and followed him.
By the time they reached the entrance, Stacy’s annoyance had been replaced by a hint of curiosity over who this whole fuss was all about. The crowd of staff and organizers was buzzing with excitement, and s
