Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

Chapter 529

Chapter 529:

“Knock, knock, knock.”

Loud knocks jolted Alex from his reverie.

He looked up, his voice weary and strained. “Come in!”

The door burst open, and Stan entered, his expression marked by urgency, panting for breath.

“Mr. Howe! Bad news!”

A heavy sense of dread sank in Alex’s chest.

He steeled himself against his rising anxiety and asked with a grave tone, “What’s happened? Why are you so agitated?”

“Mrs. Howe… Mrs. Howe has…” Stan said, his voice tinged with panic, “Mrs. Howe has gone missing.”

“What?” Alex leaped to his feet, his complexion blanching.

did you say? My mother is missing? When did

replied, visibly shaken by Alex’s intensity. “I got a call from your family’s butler. He said Mrs. Howe went out this afternoon and hasn’t returned. Her phone is off, and though people have been sent to search, there’s still

vision blurring as he struggled to maintain

a cornerstone of his life; he couldn’t bear the thought of losing

teeth. “Find out where my mother

nodded, wasting no time

back into his chair, his hands clenched into fists, nails digging into his palms. Blood seeped

the best

of his mother was surely no

time, her sudden absence might suggest she had been

engrossed

“Ring, ring, ring…”

urgent phone call broke his

glanced at the caller ID and saw

low. “Hello,

his tone

voice neutral,