Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 518

Chapter 518:

Eileen sighed. “An adult doesn’t just disappear without a word. You won’t know what really happened unless you make an effort to find out.”

“I’ll call him right now. If he doesn’t pick up, I’ll call his mom!” Bailee shot out of the café, phone in hand, her fingers trembling with urgency.

Eileen watched Bailee from the window, observing her make call after call in vain.

Suddenly, a familiar figure caught Eileen’s eye. She turned her gaze to follow the limp stride of Milford as he entered the café.

A waitress rushed over to him. “You’re late. And what happened to your foot?”

“It’s nothing, just a little scrape,” Milford said, trying to brush it off. “Don’t worry; it won’t affect my work.” He stomped his foot to show he was fine, though his wince suggested otherwise.

waitress returned to her duties, diving back into her

changing room, keeping his head low. He didn’t notice Bailee outside, engrossed in her phone calls, nor did he see

few minutes later, Milford re-emerged, now wearing his uniform top. He stopped short when he saw Eileen standing just outside the changing room,

exclaimed in surprise, his face lighting

are you here?” Eileen responded, giving him a once-over. Her eyes lingered on his crumpled black pants, clearly worn for quite some time. The uniform seemed to highlight how much weight he had lost, and even his face looked

bad? Why are you working here? Shouldn’t you be

“I just thought getting some work experience would help me find a job after I

the latest releases

“With your grades, companies will be tripping over themselves to

how it barely touched the floor, making him lean slightly on his right.

Zola had seen

resilience, but now, Eileen’s concern nearly brought

tilting her head thoughtfully. “How much living allowance does Zola give you each month? You live so far from