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Chapter 6
Travis stood frozen, staring at the scorched ruin in front of him. The basement was nothing but
blackened debris.
It was a long moment before rage overtook him. He spun around and kicked his bodyguard in the gut. “Where is Elise?! Didn’t I tell you to get her out?!”
The bodyguard hunched over, voice trembling. “S–Sir, we… we don’t know what happened. She just vanished. The firefighters said they didn’t find a body.”
“We tried to report to you, but the signal kept cutting out.”
“And before you left, you told us not to disturb you and the Miss Hawthornes… So we waited, thinking we’d tell you when you came back.”
Just then, a mailman called from outside the door. “Mr. Langley! You’ve got a letter!”
The bodyguard practically sprinted to the door like it was salvation, then returned and handed the envelope to Travis with both hands.
Travis tore it open with a cold, impatient glare–Only to find divorce papers.
His fingers trembled uncontrollably. He muttered to himself, “I forgot… I never went to cancel it…
Elise must’ve seen it. She must be heartbroken.”
Then he quickly tried to reassure himself, “It’s fine. I’ll find her, explain everything, and we’ll
remarry. Easy.”
He gave
the ruins one last glance and walked back upstairs.
But the moment he stepped into the bedroom, he froze again. Everything–everything that had belonged to Elise–was gone.
The bed had been replaced with a pink princess canopy. The curtains were pastel. Even the rug was
new.
Travis’s expression twisted into fury. “Get this trash out of here!”
“Where are her things?! I want everything brought back, right now!”
The housekeeper rushed over, pale and panicked. “Sir, the day the Miss Hawthornes moved in, they ordered us to throw all of Mrs. Langley’s belongings away. They said it was on your orders.”
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Travis’s knuckles tightened–then he punched the housekeeper across the face. “Who told you to
listen to them?!”
The man lowered his head and didn’t dare say another word.
Travis pulled out his phone and refreshed the screen again. Still no reply.
He tried calling–again. Straight to voicemail.
His shoulders slumped as he typed, hands shaking.
“Elise, I’m back. I thought we were done playing these games. Please… stop hiding from me, okay?”
“I swear I’ll only love you from now on. Just come back.”
But this time, the message wouldn’t send. She had blocked him.
With a roar of anger, Travis hurled his phone at the floor. Then he turned to the circle of bodyguards standing behind him.
“FIND HER! I want Elise Whitman in front of me within THREE DAYS!”
Meanwhile, Julian Hart sat beside my bed, quietly peeling an apple.
“How are you feeling today?”
I nodded and smiled faintly. “Thank you.”
He chuckled and sliced the apple into bite–sized pieces. “No need to be so polite. We’re about to get married, remember?”
His words made my cheeks warm with embarrassment.
After Travis had handed me the divorce papers, I felt completely empty inside. Then Julian–my childhood neighbor–sent me a message asking how I’d been.
Without thinking, I’d asked, “Will you marry me?”
The typing bubble stayed on screen, but no reply came. I panicked, already regretting, and was scrambling to type out an explanation.
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But all he sent back was, “I’m flying home. You’re meeting my parents. They’ve missed you.”
At that moment, I knew I was done with Travis.
If marrying someone else meant I’d finally stop getting hurt, maybe it was a good thing.
I never imagined the chaos that would follow… and if Julian hadn’t shown up when he did, I might not have survived.
Thinking about it all, my hand clenched into a fist. Hatred flashed in my eyes.
Suddenly, I grabbed Julian’s wrist and looked up at him, gaze steady and burning. “When are we getting married?”
