Bound by love: Marrying my Disabled Husband by Devocean

Chapter 316:

Driscoll kept glancing at the clock as dinner time approached, but there was still no sign of Elyse returning from the hospital. As Jayden arrived home in his wheelchair, he noticed Driscoll standing tensely outside the villa. “What are you doing out here?” he asked.

Uneasily, Driscoll replied, “Mrs. Owen hasn’t come back from the hospital yet, and she hasn’t called either.”

“And where’s the driver?” Jayden probed further.

Driscoll shook his head. “I can’t get ahold of him. I sent someone to look for him half an hour ago, but no word yet.”

Just as Jayden was about to respond, Driscoll’s phone rang. Jayden nodded to him to take the call. As Driscoll listened to the other end, his face turned ghostly white. “Th-the driver’s dead,” he stammered, his voice barely a whisper. “Found him in the hospital parking lot. Mrs. Owen and her sister are gone too. We’re checking the security footage now.”

Shocked, Jayden surged up from his wheelchair, striding inside the villa. At that moment, a servant came running, panting. “Mr. Owen, Miss Bates is here to see you.”

flashing across his face. “What does

servant replied, “She claims your mother misunderstood her earlier. She’s here to make

that I won’t pursue her past actions, but let her know she’ll regret it if she crosses me again,”

breath to deliver Jayden’s message to Corrie. Driscoll approached softly, whispering, “The car is ready at the back door. It’s best to use the back exit.” He added a word of caution. “Just a reminder, sir,

brink of departure, Jayden managed to suppress his frustration once more and inquired, “Is there a wheelchair

“Yes,” Driscoll confirmed.

heart sink. She was here because Tess had gone to confront Brook at

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things with her. If Brook were to break up with her, the collaboration between their families would be called off, a situation Corrie desperately wanted to evade. To

with her. For the first time, Corrie regretted giving Tess so much of her attention. She had originally planned to

by mistake, she ended up driving to the back entrance of the villa instead. Just then, a discreet gray Bentley pulled out of the garage. Feeling Jayden was inside, Corrie impulsively decided

spotted her on the security footage. But the answer he got was discouraging. “We’ve only seen her going into the hospital; there’s no footage of her leaving.” Jayden’s brow furrowed deeply as he pondered. Could Elyse have simply vanished from