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    He looked everywhere. No Ste. He asked the nurses at the desk. None of them had seen her.


    They informed him that they had not seen her and were unsure of her whereabouts.


    A bad feeling settled in his gut.


    Ste knew what William was capable of. She hadn’t even left with her best friendst time. So why disappear with some junior now?


    He pulled out his phone and called William.


    “William, something’s wrong. Ste is missing!”


    William was in the middle of a board meeting when the call came through. The second he heard Jewell, he was on his feet. He grabbed his coat and phone and strode out, leaving the room full of executives staring.


    “What do you mean missing?” he barked into the phone. “Weren’t you with her at the hospital?”


    “I was. She met some old school junior. They talked for a minute, then she was gone.”


    A junior.


    William’s eyes shed. “Where are you?”


    As soon as Jewell said “the hospital,” William spun on his heel and headed for the elevator.


    Luca scrambled after him. “Mr. Briggs, the meeting isn’t—”


    “Cancel it.”


    William didn’t break stride. He was out of Briggs Group in seconds.


    “I thought she wouldn’t leave, so I didn’t stay by her side,” Jewell said regretfully as they stood in the hospital thirty minutester.


    William fixed Jewell with a hard stare. “The junior. What did he look like? Name?”


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    Jewell shook his head. “I don’t know his name. Golden-brown hair, high nose… looked a lot like you.”


    The description told William everything and nothing at once. His expression went cold. He was already dialing.


    Hospital security room. Now.


    The hospital director arrived in a rush. The moment he saw William searching for someone, his pulse kicked up with nervous urgency.


    He guided them toward the surveince room, barely speaking along the way.


    Fortunately, William only wanted to review footage from the public areas. The director pulled it up immediately, letting William and Jewell sift through the recordings frame by frame.


    Since Jewell had checked the time when he returned to the car, they quickly narrowed down the window they needed to search.


    In less than half an hour, they found the footage with Ste.


    “There it is, zoom in a bit!”


    Jewell leaned closer, urging the staff to enhance the shot of Ste and the man beside her.


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