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Chapter 68 Gone Without a Trace

“What did you do to her? You dare touch my woman? Are you tired of living?!”

Just moments ago, the man had been cocky and simug.

But upon realizing the man grabbing his collar was none other than the infamous heir to the Jones Corporation, he immediately shrank like a quail.

He nervously ducked his head and stammered, “Mr. John, please don’t hurt me! I swear, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I–I wouldn’t have the guts to touch your woman even if I had a death wish!”

“Felix, what’s going on?”

Just as John was about to rough the man up, a woman in a towel came rushing out of the bathroom.

Seeing her partner being choked by the collar, she turned pale in fright.

She grabbed Felix’s arm and said with a trembling voice, “Mr. John, what did my Felix do to offend you? He…”

“Where’s Lily?”

John hadn’t expected there to be another woman in the room.

That made it unlikely the man had laid a hand on Lily right in front of someone else.

Realizing that, the murderous fury around him, began to ease—just a little.

Still, he had no intention of letting the man gó

His voice was cold and sharp, sending a chill down the spine. “Talk.”

“Lily…”

The man and woman exchanged glances.

And in the next second, both seemed to reach the same realization.

They spoke almost in unison. “Are you talking about the previous guest, Mr. John? We checked in this evening. She must’ve checked out already. You could ask the front desk.”

had already checked

let go of Felix’s collar, turned on his heel, and strode toward the elevators with long,

minutes later, the front desk confirmed it–Lily had indeed

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growing

and a rare warmth surfaced

friends in Capital City. Checking out this late at night, she would have nowhere to go

a change

marital home to surprise him

his chest

another moment’s delay, he grabbed his car keys and rushed back home as fast

not only make him gifts

intimacy waiting for him, a rare

“Lily!”

front of the main house and

would be glowing

the scent

drifted for half his

the living room was

the slightest trace of

she be upstairs,

hollow ache quickly spread from

dare consider the possibility that she

prove something, he didn’t even bother turning on the

stairs.

room was dark

had never returned

that on his

in the hallway for a moment, he finally stepped into her room and turned

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seemed even

No birthday gift.

No birthday cake.

No lovingly prepared meal.