Chapter 71

Anderson POV

The hall was emptying out quickly now, and the sound of polite conversations was fading into soft echoes as guests began to leave one by one. My mind was not focused on the diminishing crowd though, it was on Kate instead. Where the hell did she go?

Mr. Davis was speaking to me beside me, his tone calm but probing, as though he could sense that something was off with me.

“Is everything all right, Anderson?” he asked, his sharp eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at me.

“Yeah,” I replied quickly to him, though my gaze kept darting toward the corners of the room. I could not stop myself from searching, scanning everywhere for any sign of Kate.

Mr. Davis tilted his head to the side, clearly unconvinced by my answer, but I did not have the time to address his concerns right now.

“Excuse me for a moment,” I said, cutting him off mid-sentence and stepping away from him.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket as I walked, dialing K