The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 1237

"Kari, Ronald's gone "

With those words, Kari bolted out the door.

The moment she saw the empty room, she froze.

Everything was tidy.

The bed was made, not a speck of dust in sight.

There was a book on the desk. She walked over, picked it up, and noticed a few crumpled dollar bills.

It wasn't much.

Probably all the money Ronald had.

Willa's eyes welled up with tears at the sight of the bills, "Without Calista, how's Ronald gonna make it?"

Even though Ronald was mature for his age, he was just a teenager, around fifteen or sixteen. Without his family, how could he survive?

Kari, staring at the money, suddenly had a realization and blurted out, "Mom, I know where Ronald went. I'll go find him!" And with that, she dashed out the door again. Willa tried to respond, but was stopped by a phone call.

the weekend, and Kari searched every place Ronald might be, even the auto repair shop, but

old factory they'd visited before. The place had been abandoned for

few newspapers on the ground with signs of someone having laid

It was Ronald.

searching the factory without finding him, Kari just sat down, folding a newspaper into a makeshift fan, fanning

leaving that morning. After hours of waiting, hunger, fatigue, and sleepiness overcame her. Leaning against the wall, she closed her eyes to rest. Some time later, the factory door

"Ronald!"

awake, jumped up, and ran to him, "I knew you'd be

hadn't expected to see Kari, instinctively stepping back, "Why are you

his way, "Why

was drenched in sweat, his handsome face showing signs of fatigue, "I can't

"Ronald-"

"Have you eaten?"

was a box of fries,

Kari shook her head.

her to sit by the newspapers, opened the box, and shared half with Kari, "Eat up, then we'll go back."

her concern for Ronald was

planning to drop

of the class. You could get into the best high school. If you drop

always

scholarship if he made it as the city's top student in the exams. That money would be enough to cover his high school