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And for some reason, an inexplicable sense of unease kept gnawing at him.
He had this gut feeling… that he had lost something truly important.
But Lily loved him so much. How could she possibly leave?
Still, that anxiety kept clawing at his heart. Unable to ignore it, he left Elsa’s tearful pleas behind and drove toward the hotel where Lily was staying.
On the way, countless thoughts spun through his head.
He figured his restlessness tonight must’ve been because Lily hadn’t even wished him a happy birthday.
All these years they’d been together, every one of his birthdays, she had been the first to say those words to him.
She always prepared birthday gifts for him with such care.
They weren’t expensive-but he treasured every one of them.
And today, she hadn’t even said “happy birthday.” He hadn’t received a single gift from her.
Elsa’s place wasn’t far from the capital’s First Hotel, and before long, he arrived at Lily’s room.
“Lily!”
John called her name several times, but the door remained tightly shut. There was no sign she was gom to open it.
He missed her so much, and the longer he waited without seeing her, the more agitated he becamic,
After standing there stiflly for a moment, he raised his hand and knocked hard on the door
“What the hell’s your problem? It’s the middle of the night! Why are you banging on doors?!”
“Lily…”
The door suddenly swung open.
John stepped forward, ready to wrap Lily in his arms-only to find that the person standing in front of him wasn’t the girl he’d been aching to see.
It was a man. A man with a full beard.
“Where’s Lily?”
John’s first instinct was that Lily must be with this guy. His handsome face instantly darkened.
He stormed forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and growled in a cold, threatening voice. “Who are you? What are you doing in Lily’s room?”
“What did you do to her? You dare touch my woman? Are you tired of living?!”
Just moments ago, the man had been cocky and simug.
But upon realizing the man grabbing his collar was none other than the infamous heir to the Jones Corporation, he immediately shrank like a quail.
He nervously ducked his head and stammered, “Mr. John, please don’t hurt me! I swear, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I-I wouldn’t have the guts to touch your woman even if I had a death wish!”
“Felix, what’s going on?”
Just as John was about to rough the man up, a woman in a towel came rushing out of the bathroom.
Seeing her partner being choked by the collar, she turned pale in fright.
She grabbed Felix’s arm and said with a trembling voice, “Mr. John, what did my Felix do to offend you? He…”
“Where’s Lily?”
John hadn’t expected there to be another woman in the room.
That made it unlikely the man had laid a hand on Lily right in front of someone else.
Realizing that, the murderous fury around him, began to ease-just a little.
Still, he had no intention of letting the man g?
His voice was cold and sharp, sending a chill down the spine. “Talk.”
“Lily…”
The man and woman exchanged glances.
And in the next second, both seemed to reach the same realization.
They spoke almost in unison. “Are you talking about the previous guest, Mr. John? We checked in this evening. She must’ve checked out already. You could ask the front desk.”
Lily had already checked out…
John didn’t waste another second on them. He let go of Felix’s collar, turned on his heel, and strode toward the elevators with long, urgent strides.
A few minutes later, the front desk confirmed it-Lily had indeed checked out.
John’s eyes darkened, growing colder by the second.
But then something clicked. His icy expression softened, and a rare warmth surfaced on his impossibly handsome face.
She had no relatives or friends in Capital City. Checking out this late at night, she would have nowhere to go except their home..
She must’ve had a change of heart.
She’d probably returned to their marital home to surprise him on his birthday.
The thought filled his chest with sudden warmth.
Without another moment’s delay, he grabbed his car keys and rushed back home as fast as possible.
In years past, whenever it was his birthday, Lily would not only make him gifts by hand-she’d also bake him a cake and prepare a full spread of home-cooked food.
Imagining the warmth and intimacy waiting for him, a rare flush crept up the back of John’s pale ears.
“Lily!”
He parked in front of the main house and ran straight into the living room.
This time of night in past years, the place would be glowing with lights, and he’d catch the faint smell of delicious food.
That was the scent of home.
Because of Lily, he-a man who had drifted for half his life-had finally found a place to call home.
But tonight, the living room was dark.
There wasn’t even the slightest trace of food cooking.
Could she be upstairs, waiting for him?
A hollow ache quickly spread from John’s chest.
He didn’t dare consider the possibility that she wasn’t here.
As if desperate to prove something, he didn’t even bother turning on the lights before rushing up the stairs.
Her room was dark too.
As though she had never returned at all.
But he refused to believe that on his birthday… she wouldn’t be here.
After standing frozen in the hallway for a moment, he finally stepped into her room and turned on the light.
The space seemed even emptier than before.
No birthday gift.
No birthday cake.
No lovingly prepared meal.
And worst of all-no Lily.
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