Chapter 223

Back in the hall, Maria Lewis looked up—and bam, locked eyes with James Bennett walking straight at her. Her nerves instantly tightened. "What are you doing?" "Where did you go just now?" "None of your business." Her tone was icy, mostly thanks to Amelia White. She just couldn't be nice to him right now. James froze for a second, obviously caught off guard. "What’s wrong with you?" Maria realized her reaction was a bit much. He didn’t know what had happened, so snapping at him was unfair. She softened her voice, "It was getting stuffy in here. I just stepped out for some air." James figured she wasn’t into events like this and didn’t push it. "I want to introduce you to someone soon." "Who?" "My second uncle. He’s been running our overseas branch, rarely comes back. Just landed and is on his way." She remembered Grace Thompson mentioning him yesterday but didn’t pay attention. Now that James brought it up again, it seemed inevitable—this meeting had to happen. "I don’t remember you hav