Chapter Nine
If he was going to the company, he would definitely let her know.
Her intuition told her—he was inside.
She tried turning the doorknob...
But!
The door was locked.
This confirmed it—Ryan Gregory was really inside!
"Ryan?"
"Are you there? Are you inside?"
She called out, but there was no response.
Sofia Hamilton's heart sank in an instant, plummeting to the depths like a falling stone.
She pounded on the door with urgency. "Ryan?"
The key—
Where was the key to the bookroom?
Had something happened to him inside?
Otherwise, why would he stay silent and refuse to come out?
The moment she considered the possibility that something might have happened—whether he'd fainted or his condition had flared up—Sofia's heart tightened with fear and panic.
She frantically ran upstairs to the bedroom and began rummaging through all the drawers.
Meanwhile, inside the bookroom…
