He frowned, straightened up, and had his team trace Mia's cell signal. It turned out her phone was just six miles away.

Staring at the red dot on the screen, he called his people and instructed them to search for her. After arriving home, his phone rang

with a report from his team.

"Mr. Haskins, we found Ms. Mia's phone by the roadside, but there's no sign of her."

That was when Fitch ordered a comprehensive search for Mia's whereabouts. Half an hour later, surveillance footage landed on his

desk.

The video revealed Mia's altercation with Zoey in the mall, followed by Mia slapping Belinda twice.

According to the footage, Zoey left first, while Mia walked away with Belinda. Another camera caught Belinda knocking her out and

stuffing her into the car.

Fitch's expression turned stone cold, asking, "Have you found her?"

"Not yet. That woman's house is empty, and there were a few outgoing calls on Ms. Haskins's phone. She seems to have tried

calling for help, but she called Zoey, who didn't answer."

His face grew even darker. Did Zoey ignore the plea for help because she hated Mia so much that she'd disregard her life?

"Keep searching."

Previously, Belinda had insisted Zoey was behind the poisoning plot, but the issue had fizzled out when the Bennitt family dropped

Now, with Mia kidnapped, suspicion fell on Zoey

phone, contemplating, and finally made a call. But

His expression turned even grimmer as he looked over at his two

"Bring Zoey to me."

guards nodded and drove

her appetite had been

to lie down, when her doorbell rang. It was the

Zoey, are

before she could respond, she was flanked and firmly

you? What do

Haskins requests

did he

on one of the bodyguards who she had actually seen by Fitch side.

building manager looked on nervously. Ever since the last

influential, and the staff didn't

"Zoey."

manager was in a bind, unable to offend either

alright. I'll

but the bodyguards didn't give her the

feel pain, there was something she found

front door that she hesitated. Ironically, during their tangled past, she mostly stayed in

he probably used for his liaisons. But his own residence, this

door opened, she saw him, impeccably seated on the sofa. It was her first glimpse of Fitch's hlife - still in formal

tie loosened, thrown aside, adding a

door closed behind her; the bodyguards didn’t enter, leaving

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