Feeling mentally paralyzed at his behavior, Maya had to grab the corner of the desk to balance herself from falling over. Her mouth fell open as she gazed him with embarrassment. "I— When I saw you with a frown on your face and the skin bunching around your eyes, I thought you were pained. There is so much work piled on you at the moment. So I got up and came to soothe you."
"Pain? What pain? I wasn't in any pain," Daryn denied her baseless accusation. "And next time don't do that," he said sternly. All he wanted was to erase that picture from his mind. It would haunt him occasionally. Last night he couldn't sleep well because he dreamt of her getting lost in the rains.
