Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 454

Being able to go out in five days was great news. Leaving the villa meant she could gather more useful intel.

It was just a shame she couldn't get the study passcode sooner. She had originally planned on getting him drunk tonight.

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The Blackwood Manor.

Julius Blackwood had returned from his business trip.

He had arrived back at the Imperial Gardens in the middle of the night, only to find Stella wasn't home.

She had promised she’d only be gone for five days. It had been half a month now. How could she not be home?

He had been working himself to the bone for the past two weeks, pulling twelve-plus hour shifts every day just so he could finish early and come back to his wife.

Yet, he had come home to an empty house.

He figured she might have gotten lonely and gone to stay at the manor with his grandmother.

It had been too late to call her last night, so he planned to do it today.

But when he woke up, he decided against calling and just drove straight to the manor instead.

Surprising her in person would be much better.

It had been half a month. He missed her so much it physically hurt.

He pulled up to the manor.

Nadine hadn't seen her eldest grandson in over two weeks. Her face lit up the moment he walked in. “Julius is finally back from his trip!”

He helped her sit down on the sofa. “Yes, Grandma, I’m back. See? I came straight to see you the moment I returned.”

“Where’s Stella? Why didn't she come with you? Didn't you take her on your business trip? Did she not come back with you?”

Julius’s heart skipped a beat. She wasn't at the manor?

Then where was she?

Aside from a quick text to say she had arrived safely in Port City, he hadn't heard from her since.

He had been completely tied up with his work in South Africa. Whenever he finally caught a spare moment to call her, it was always the middle of the night in Port City, and he didn't have the heart to wake her.

So, they hadn't spoken, and now she still hadn't come back.

Dammit. He had been completely out of contact with her for over two weeks!

Thinking of the absolute mess in South Africa that he had finally managed to sort out, only to come back and find his wife missing...

He pounded the steering wheel in bitter regret.

He had failed her!

Heart pounding, he called Marsh. “Marsh, track my wife’s location right now. She went to Port City and never came back.”

“Right away, Boss. I’m on it.”