Chapter 14

My head jerked up. I recognized Ashton. My ridiculously attractive neighbor. "I think... someone I know might've been in an accident." I swallowed my rising panic. "I need to get to the Grangers'." The second I had enough brain cells online to function, I fumbled for my phone and ordered an Uber. I stood up, wobbly, and made it two steps before Ashton caught my arm. "Let me drive you." "I'm fine, I can—" "It'll take ages to get a ride from here," he said, already pulling me toward the lift as if I'd agreed. "My car's downstairs. It's faster." He wasn't wrong. Also, I wasn't in the mood to argue. Not when my nerves were having a full-blown seizure. As the lift descended, Ashton made a quick call—something low and calm in that velvet voice of his. When we reached the lobby, a sleek black car was already waiting at the curb. A guy who looked like his assistant handed over the keys, then melted into the night. "Passenger side," Ashton said, nodding at the car. The night air slapped some se