The CEO's Unplanned Heir novel Chapter 307

Leopold stumbled out of bed, with Kevin immediately rushing to his aid. "Mr. Leopold, you’re awake!"

He looked around, seeking the figure he desperately yearned for, but the room was empty, filled only with a deathly silence.

"Where's Aurelia? Where is she?"

Kevin lowered his head, "The search team is still... looking for her."

The storm last night had made the search difficult. Even if they found her, it would likely just be her remains.

Leopold refused to believe it. He couldn't accept such a possibility. Aurelia was alive, his Aurelia must be alive!

He staggered up from the floor, ready to rush out, but Kevin held him back, "We caught the kidnappers hiding on the island. They're from an organization called Night Devil. According to them, we rushed to the small island where they kept the kid, but... Liam was taken away."

Hatred filled Leopold's eyes, "Destroy this organization, not a single one of them should escape!" he ground out through gritted teeth.

Each day that followed, he spent searching for Aurelia.

He searched hundreds of miles of sea and islands, dived to the deepest parts of the ocean that were beyond human limits, questioned every passing ship... but all to no avail.

Kevin knew, he was breaking down, he couldn't let him continue this way.

"Mr. Leopold, we found a piece of human tissue under a coral reef. DNA tests confirmed it's your wife's. She's really gone, you need to accept the truth!"

Leopold couldn't accept it, his vision turned black and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, collapsing to the ground.

...

Aurelia had no funeral, because Leopold wouldn't agree. He would never accept the truth. His Aurelia wasn't dead, she was just missing! She was the wily Aurelia, how could she be dead?

He left people on Eldoria to continue the search for her and Liam. He believed that one day, he would find them.

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