Zara blinked in surprise, realizing she hadn't known he had been trying to reach her. Then she remembered she had put her phone on silent to avoid distractions while working. However, that wasn't the only reason.
She had been upset with him and didn't want to talk, so she had not checked her phone. Later, she became caught up with Bree and completely forgot to turn the sound back on.
"I…" She quickly grabbed her bag and pulled out her phone, only to see seventeen missed calls and a string of unread messages. Her breath hitched, the rest of her words stuck in her throat.
"I was worried," Nathaniel said as he stepped closer. "I thought something had happened to you. I even sent someone to look for you. When I heard you had already left the office, I panicked—I thought you had been kidnapped again."
