Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 981

Evening had settled in. Tim was out like a light. Connor stood on the balcony, gazing into the night. The little retreat had a round table and some old wicker chairs Chloe's favorite spot once upon a time.

Connor pulled out his phone, his thumb hovering over Chloe's contact. After a brief pause, he sent a message: "I miss you." As expected, the message vanished into the digital ether, never to be acknowledged.

Scrolling through his phone, he was met with a sea of lonely "I miss you" messages. With a heavy sigh, Connor lifted his gaze to the horizon, his thoughts as tangled as the ink-black sky above. Starless and dense, the night mirrored the void in his heart-cold and endless. "Chloe, where are you?" he whispered into the darkness.

Meanwhile, in Eldridge City, Japan, a house in Cherry Blossom Town was aglow with warm light. In the kitchen, a tall figure was bustling about. A knock at the door prompted a five-year-old boy to casually answer it. "Daddy, you're back?" he chirped in fluent Japanese.

The man entered and moved towards the kitchen, where he saw the familiar silhouette. "Honey, just a moment, dinner's almost ready," the woman called out. The term "honey" made the man pause for a beat.

He stepped inside, asking in Japanese, "What's the occasion for you to be cooking today?"

thought I'd whip up something for you," she replied, also in Japanese.

if your cooking's improved." With a grin, he returned to the living room and flipped on the TV, instinctively switching to the

for the Japanese market. Seeing Connor's familiar face on

woman busily preparing dinner was Chloe, missing for two long years. Memories from that time flooded

just returned from Japan, meant to celebrate the one-month milestone of Chloe's son. But on his way home, he stumbled

requesting to be taken home, yet she couldn't remember her husband's

take Chloe to the

He planned to ta

halfway there, she woke up,