The Billionaire's Redemption

Chapter 145

Two days had passed—two days of hell for Alex without any word from Emily. The day before, after repeatedly calling her only to find her number unreachable, he had gone to the mall where she worked. He was told she had not shown up for her shift. Desperate, he waited outside her apartment until the middle of the night, but she never came home.

At first, he thought she might be ghosting him to see how he would react. Her absence was like a piece of him had been ripped away.

But when he returned the next morning and she was still missing, with her phone still off, panic set in.

He decided to drive to her school, clinging to the notion that she might be staying with Sarah, making up for lost time with her friend.

Fortunately and unfortunately for him, depending on the perspective, as he pulled into the campus parking lot, he spotted Sarah parking her car.

Relief washed over him, and a smile crept across his face.

"This will be easy," he thought, feeling relieved.

But that relief was