Chapter 252

Of course she refused-she cried and screamed, insisting her father had to come back.

Yet somehow, her father relented in the end.

What happened after that, she could no longer recall. All that remained was the

memory of seeing her father again, this time in a hospital room.

Everything in that room was white.

Her father, swathed in bandages, was white.

The ceiling was white.

So were the bed sheets.

It was a blinding, sterile white that sent her heart racing with unease.

Later, the tall, handsome man she called her father was reduced to a small box, cradled in her trembling hands.

It felt as if a giant fist squeezed around Serena's heart.

She could barely breathe.

Hotel.

Inside the presidential suite.

Aaron Vance stared at his phone, his gaze dark and unreadable as he watched the man on the screen.

say a

nervous smile. "After I sent Serena the two photos you forwarded me, she blocked me

barely perceptible twitch at the corner of his

stare locking onto the

"There's really no need-"

before the

screen went dark, Aaron's expression turned

really... didn't care

to

Cynthia's

and chilly as he brushed past her, long strides carrying him down

his retreating figure, her eyes

marry her, but... Serena would always be

hotel, Aaron drove straight

rang the doorbell several times, but there

the neighbor across the hall

"Excuse me, sir, are you here to see

When he

to watch her

nervous. So

abandoned the attempt and

Λ

his icy demeanor. "Do you know where

haven't seen Miss Sullivan for days. Ever since... I think it was three

the neighbor said, avoiding

gaze and staring

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