Ciara's POV

Lauren wasn’t able to give Maya a lesson, since she had a dress fitting this morning. We had just finished breakfast, and I have to admit, it was nice having Oliver around. I could sense the difference in Maya. She felt safer with him here.

She had been a bit upset earlier, tense and withdrawn through the first half of breakfast. But things shifted when Oliver asked her to come with him to the hospital. Once he explained why he had rushed out last night, she settled almost ...