Chapter 34

Anna’s POV

The moment we reached, Ryan turned off the engine and looked at me for a moment before he quietly said, “Wait, I’ll get the door for you.” He didn’t even give me a chance to argue before stepping out, and I stayed seated only because I knew it would annoy him less if I just waited, but the second he was halfway around the car I pushed my own door open and got out, not even sparing him a glance. His frown was immediate, I saw it out of the corner of my eye, the way his jaw tightened as if he was about to scold me, but before he could take a single step closer, voices rose all around him.

“Ryan Wolfe! Prince Ryan!” people were shouting, and within seconds he was surrounded, like they had been waiting for this exact moment to pounce on him. I froze for a second, watching as the crowd closed in, and then my eyes caught someone familiar in the chaos. Sasha. She was standing at a distance, looking around nervously like she was searching for someone, and when