ANTALYA'S POV

The persistent banging on the bathroom door was driving me absolutely insane. Raymond's dramatic pleas were getting louder and more desperate by the minute, and despite my best efforts to ignore him, I could hear the genuine distress in his voice.

"Lance, I'm literally about to explode!" he whined through the door. "This is a medical emergency! Do you want my death on your conscience?"

I rolled my eyes, but something about his pathetic tone made me snort with ...