Soraya's POV
Darius stood there with one hand in his pocket, that same cold aura around him.
"Why were the two of you chasing her around like a pair of lunatics?" he asked calmly but in a dangerous way.
The guards exchanged nervous glances. "S-sir, she just managed to slip past us," one of them stammered. "We didn't let her in, we swear. We just tried to catch her—"
Darius' gaze turned to me, his voice softening. "You okay?"
I nodded. "Yeah… I'm fine."
His eyes turned back to the guards. "Why didn't you let her inside?"
"Boss, you stated the rules," one of them replied nervously. "No one without an ID or permission card is allowed in. We were just following orders."
Darius paused. "If she was so insistent about seeing me, then why didn't one of you come to my off
