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.

weekend, and Kari searched every place Ronald might be,

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

few newspapers on the

It was Ronald.

Kari just sat down, folding a newspaper into a makeshift fan, fanning herself

hadn't eaten anything before 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 creaked open, and a tall figure walked in against

"Ronald!"

snapped awake, jumped up, and ran to him,

hadn't expected to see Kari, instinctively stepping back,

blocked his way, "Why did you leave this

showing signs of fatigue, "I can't keep staying at

"Ronald-"

"Have you eaten?"

Ronald's hand was a box of fries,

Kari shook her head.

shared half with Kari,

her concern for Ronald was

"I'm planning to

are coming up, and you're top of the class. You could get into the best high school. If you

had always

school had even promised him a scholarship if he made it as the city's top student in the exams.