Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1502

"We found a small clue, but... Laney has gone missing, and the trail went cold," Teresa said.

Emmy gripped her phone tightly. "What? How could Laney go missing?"

Teresa let out another heavy sigh on the other end. "At the end of the day, I only have myself to blame. Laney has a terrible relationship with her father, and they argue every time they meet. I had to run between the two of them, trying everything I could to ease their tension. But a little while ago, Laney somehow found a clue about the mole and hurriedly brought it to me. Seeing how urgent the situation was, I immediately took the information and flew to Manhattan with Andrew. But to our surprise, the moment we arrived in Manhattan, we walked right into an ambush."

Emmy's breath caught in her throat. "Were you hurt?"

Teresa quickly reassured her. "We're fine. Fortunately, Andrew has some influence over there, which allowed us to escape safely. But when we got back to Maryland... we realized Laney was gone." Teresa's voice choked with tears as she ground her teeth in remorse. "Andrew's initial assessment is that she was targeted for retaliation because she leaked classified information. Those people are utterly ruthless. Now that she's fallen into their hands, the odds are heavily against her. If only I hadn't been so impulsive, if only I hadn't rushed off with your father. If I hadn't left, I wouldn't have taken the personnel assigned to protect her. With those bodyguards around, there is no way she could have been abducted by those monsters!"

Listening to her mother's crushing guilt, Emmy softened her voice to comfort her. "Mom, you can't blame yourself for this. Since Laney signed a nondisclosure agreement yet still leaked the clue to you, she must have mentally prepared herself for the risks involved. Don't panic just yet. I'll utilize all my resources here and help you look for her right away."

Teresa nodded heavily. "Alright. You make sure to be careful out there too."

Listening to his complaints, Emmy felt both helpless and unjustly accused. "If it were easy to do, if anyone could just casually track them down, I wouldn't have to spend so much money on bounties, would I?"

Steve found himself temporarily speechless at her logic. Sighing, he couldn't be bothered to argue the point any further and changed the subject. "Alright, alright, enough about that. Who is this Laney you're looking for, and what's going on?"

Emmy spent a few minutes filling him in on the details of Laney's disappearance. Once they finished discussing business, a thought struck her. Gripping the phone tighter, she couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Mr. Michell, do you know... what James went to do this time?"