Billionaire Ex-wife: I Can't Live Without You

Chapter 1985

To stay alert, she requested a policewoman to prepare a cup of coffee for her.

As the sky darkened, Lucinda noted the passing of three hours.

The officers dispatched to the Paynes’ house had not yet returned.

Without access to her phone or a clock in the room, she relied on her sense of time.

She couldn’t help but summon an officer and inquire, “What time is it now?”

“It’s already seven o’clock.

”

“Seven already?” Lucinda was taken aback, realizing it was evening.

“Sir, the officers who went to the Paynes’ house for my belongings haven’t returned.

Have you checked on them?”

The officer looked puzzled.

“I apologize, Mrs.

Payne.

Our station shifts change in the evening.

The officer who was working with you has finished for the day.

been a lapse in communication during the

look into

”

Lucinda’s frustration was evident.

follow up on why

Is there an issue?”

will have a word with

Please do not worry.

”

bag, Lucinda was

Sonny, now sun-ki*sed from their journey, had resolved a crucial issue at the border and were

Upon their plane’s ar

immediately

unanswered calls, concern

unlike Lucinda to ignore his calls

his anxiety mounting

up just as it was about to disconnect for

“Mr.

Payne, have you returned?”

recognizing Kern’s voice, a mix of surprise

you answering Lucinda’s phone? Where

been detained by the

her about an

and bag were left in

Norton’s bedroom.

they might be discovered, I

”