Chapter 161 Where Is Your Wheelchair

After heading to the study, Jayden didn't come back to the bedroom.

Unable to sleep, Elyse fidgeted in bed before finally rising and making her way to the living room sofa to wait for him.

Sleep eventually claimed her, but a sudden tilt of her head jolted her awake. Groggy, she grabbed her phone to check the time and saw it was already past 2 A.M.

She glanced toward the study, still illuminated, and pondered the length of time Jayden had been secluded there.

With a mix of confusion and concern, she got up, knocked on the study door, and got no reply. Thinking Jayden might have dozed off inside, she opened the door, only to find the room empty. "Could he have gone back to our bedroom while I was asleep?" she whispered to herself.

She bypassed the wheelchair next to the desk and climbed the stairs back to the bedroom, only to find it empty as well.

"How odd. Where could he be?" Elyse mused, remembering the day's earlier tensions and

speculating that Jayden might be sulking somewhere around the house.

She wrapped herself in her shawl and started searching the vast, cold villa. The silent, sprawling

especially with the servants confined to

the house, her anxiety

felt unsettling, as if an intruder might appear from a shadowy corner at

moment.

on edge as she heard the footsteps drawing nearer. It was late, and she wondered who else would be wandering through the <

at her fluffy slippers, she quickly slipped them off, stepped barefoot onto the cool

the darkness, she held her

figure appeared, she was taken aback-it was Peyton. She almost called out to him but stopped herself when she noticed he was carrying a leather suitcase.

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the carpet that muffled all footsteps. She put her slippers back on and began to wander through the basement. As she reached the innermost part, she noticed a room with a light on and

the room, anger rising within her. He was secretly

"Elyse?"

Elyse jumped as someone patted her shoulder. Clutching her heart, she spun around in a

legs gave

noticing her distress, glanced up and winked at Peyton, who had poked

Clive then bent over and offered his hand to Elyse, saying, "Sorry, Elyse. I didn't mean to startle

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