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One of the staff there pulled up a message on their phone and
showed it to her.
“She requested bereavement leave. Said she went hbecause her grandmother passed away.”
Kaia blinked.
Vanessa had never once mentioned a grandmother before.
Jerry still cto work every day, but he no longer wore the shoes Vanessa had given him.
In the break-room, noticing Kaia stealing glances at him, Jerry blinked and asked, “Kaia, why are you looking at
Kaia shook her head. “It’s nothing. Just looking around.”
Kaia called Vanessa again, but there was no answer.
Sending a text also got no response.
She was on edge, feeling that something was off.
During the lunch break, as Kaia scrolled through her chat history with Vanessa, her eyes suddenly widened.
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“That's not right! Vanessa said her grandma died when she was a kid!”
It was two years ago when Vanessa had casually mentioned it during a chat, and Kaia only remembered after
checking the records.
Kaia asked for leave and went straight to the police station.
“Miss, you're saying you suspect something has happened to your friend?” a police officer asked.
“Yes! She took bereavement leave from the company, but her grandma died a long tago. The reason for the
leave doesn’t hold up. | went to her rental apartment, but no one answered the door.”
The police officers looked at each other in confusion. “You said the reason for the leave might be false, but the
leave-application process requires certain procedures. It’s unlikely that someone else used her phone to apply,
right?
“You just said she was in a bad mood after a breakup. Maybe she just wants to be alone to calm down. Don’t
worry too much.”
Kaia had no choice but to leave the police station with her head down.
Was Vanessa really just trying to calm down?
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But Vanessa was a very sociable person. Kaia had asked her neighbors, and they said they hadn't seen her for
days.
Maybe she went back to her hometown to unwind?
She sent a message to the HR department: [Do you have the phone number of Vanessa's emergency contact?]
As soon as Kaia got into her car after leaving the police station, she saw the message from HR: [Kaia, she didn’t
fill in an emergency contact.]
Just as Kaia was about to call Lucien out of frustration, Jerry tapped on her car window.
“Kaia, what a coincidence to see you here. Were you at the police station?”
Kaia sat up straight and stared at him suspiciously. “Were you following me?”
Jerry forced a smile. “Why would | follow you, Kaia? Your husband seemed to have smisunderstandings
aboutlast time. | just wanted to apologize.
“Kaia, can you givea ride back to the company?”
Kaia sized him up and opened the door for him.
“No need to apologize. There's nothing to misunderstand.”
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Kaia let him into the car, hoping to get sinformation from him.
“Jerry, were you dating Vanessa before?”
Behind Jerry’s glasses, a cold glint flashed, masking the cruelty in his eyes.
He gave a sly smile and said, “Yeah. But we're over, Kaia. You don’t seriously think her disappearance has
anything to do with me, do you?”
Kaia’s grip tightened on the steering wheel. “Who said she’s missing?”
Jerry let out a sinister chuckle. When he looked up, his eyes were brimming with a terrifying cruelty. “You've
shown up at the police station. Do you takefor a fool?”
A shiver ran down Kaia’s spine.
She'd always thought Jerry was just a womanizer or a jerk in relationships.
After all, he was a well-educated law student from a top-notch school. How could he break the law?
But now, he was being so brazen!
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Jerry smirked and pressed a knife against her waist. “Let’s go, our fancy lawyer. I'm not in the mood to chat in
front of the cop shop.”
Through her clothes, Kaia felt the icy cold of the dagger.
She took a deep breath to calm herself and slowly started the
car.
“Jerry, calm down!”
“Drive!” The once-gentle man now had a look of pure malice in his eyes that she'd never seen before.
“Don’t even think about crashing the car or taking a wrong turn, or this blade won't be so kind.”
Jerry flashed a cold smile. “Heard you're pregnant. Would be a shif something happened to both of you.”
Kaia’s heart skipped a beat.
She had to stay calm and composed,
She clung to the hope that Lucien would cto her rescue. All she had to do was hold on until he noticed she
was gone.
“Where to?” Kaia managed to keep her voice steady,
“Take the highway to the northern suburbs. No messing around.
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One wrong move, and I'll dig this thing deeper into your side.”
With no other option, Kaia followed his orders.
Not long after getting off the
highway, in a spot es theo
face caifet Ss couldn't reach,
Jerry suddenly barked, “Stop the car.”
Kaia’s heart jumped into her throat.
Is this the end? Did he go through all this trouble just to killright here?
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He'd texted Kaia an hour ago-still no reply.
Her workload had been light lately, and she usually answered within minutes.
The silence gnawed at him.
Kaia had worked tirelessly to return after her further studies, all
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urm.
If not for that, he would've insisted she take a break, focus on resting, and nurture the twins until they arrived.
He respected her dreams, but the constant worry over her safety never left him.
Lucien began dialing her number. Ten calls—no answer.
His stomach tightened. Something was wrong.
He immediately rang jude.
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