Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1512

Teresa shook her head, her expression bleak. "Nothing. Andrew has exhausted every connection he has, even doubling the bounties on the black market, but there is absolutely no trace of her."

She let out a long, heavy sigh, her voice thick with exhaustion and heartbreak. "He didn't sleep a wink last night. He just stood on the balcony chain smoking until dawn. He told me he's already preparing for the worst. He said the waters in those circles run too deep, and it's highly likely Laney has already... been killed."

Tears spilled from Teresa's eyes once more. "That poor child. I asked her former nanny, and she told me Laney grew up completely unloved. Her neurotic mother never treated her like a daughter, only using her as a tool to curry favor with Andrew. Whenever things didn't go her way or Andrew lost his temper, she would take it all out on the girl. It was either bitter sarcasm or outright beatings, which is why Laney grew up absolutely terrified of her own father."

Teresa grabbed a tissue to dab her eyes, her tone aching with sympathy. "After they divorced, her mother fell into a severe depression and took her own life. Laney was dumped on her grandparents. But the old couple was riddled with illnesses and passed away a few years later. She was so young back then, left entirely alone in a foreign country. I can't even fathom how she survived! The most remarkable thing is that she never went astray despite all that despair. She didn't touch drugs, and she never did anything terrible just to make a living. She had finally managed to put her life together... so how could she just vanish like this?"

Emmy listened quietly, her chest tight with pain. Laney was such a vibrant girl, carrying a cool, effortless confidence. During their previous chats, Laney had lightly touched upon her past. Even after enduring horrors most people could never imagine, her tone had remained open and optimistic. She was a girl as bright as a sunflower, so why couldn't fate just let her be?

In silence, Emmy pulled out her phone and skillfully logged into the intelligence network. She tapped open the high priced bounty she had posted. Although plenty of information brokers had taken the job, leaving hundreds of messy replies, they were all useless drivel with no substantial leads. She scrolled a couple of times before placing the phone face down. "Mom, please try not to be too upset. My intelligence network is working around the clock to find her. The moment I get any news, I will tell you immediately."

Emmy nodded, nestling her head affectionately against her mother's shoulder. That night, she decided to stay at her mother's villa. Downstairs in the study, Teresa was still keeping an overwhelmed Andrew company as they frantically dealt with Laney's disappearance.

Up in the second floor guest room, Emmy leaned against the headboard, looking down at her belly. She pressed her palm lightly against the thin fabric of her nightgown, feeling the tiny life inside. It had been four and a half months. She still didn't know if she was having a boy or a girl. But inside, two extreme emotions constantly warred within her. She was incredibly eager for this little one to be born, yet an uncontrollable wave of panic and worry always followed. She was terrified that when this baby came into the world, their father might not be there to see it.

Just as her brow furrowed in deep gloom, her phone on the nightstand chimed, shattering the silence of the room. It was the specific alert she had set for the intelligence network. Emmy immediately sat up straight, grabbed the phone, and unlocked it with her fingerprint to open the black app icon. The bounty for Laney had a new response! The sender had attached a blurry photo from the scene, along with a short message. [Found her.]