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.”

his face. “What

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

urge to retaliate against Corrie immediately. “Tell her that I won’t pursue her past actions, but let

the door, barely catching her 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, be careful not to let

managed to suppress his frustration

“Yes,” Driscoll confirmed.

was here because Tess had gone to confront Brook at the company. Tess had openly demeaned Brook, declaring he was no match for Jayden and even accused Brook of chasing after a woman

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with the aim to embarrass Jayden but found himself embarrassed by Tess today. In rage, he had called Corrie and harshly criticized her, even threatening to end 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 win Brook over, Corrie reached out to Jayden, hoping he would mediate on her

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

go home and think over her next steps. However, by mistake, she ended up driving to the back entrance of the villa instead. Just then,

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