Stella held back her victorious joy and grinned expectantly at him.
“Okay. I’ll wait for you.”
When Eric saw the disappointment in her eyes gradually turning into anticipation, his flustered heart calmed down.
He let go of Stella and picked her up into his arms. His embrace was tighter than ever.
For some reason, he always felt that the woman in his arms would abandon him one day and be with someone else.
Eric couldn’t imagine what he would do when the time came. All he could do was hold on to Stella helplessly…
Henry, who was beaten into a daze and unable to speak, lay on the ground. Watching the two leaving, he clenched his fists tightly.
After Eric carried Stella to the dean’s room, he pressed her against the wall. He didn’t even kiss her and went straight to S**.
Stella, who was forced to deal with it, was splayed over his shoulders. The coldness in her eyes became more and more heartless.
While the two of them were doing it, the phone on the desk kept ringing.
Stella wanted to pick it up, but Eric refused to let her go. He didn’t let her go until he finally exhausted all his strength.
He picked up Stella, whose legs had already gone weak, and put her on the chair next to the desk. He turned around and took out some wet wipes to clean his fingers.
Stella stabilized her shaking body, picked up the phone, and saw several missed calls from Griffon. Her expression changed.
She quickly returned the call. Griffon, who had just boarded the plane, saw her calling and hurriedly answered.
“Your phone is finally turned on!”
Hearing Stella’s excited voice, Griffon frowned again. “What did you mean in that message?”
Stella squeezed her phone tightly and anxiously replied, “Four months ago, you had just left the ward when Silas came to send Taya their unmate certificate. They got unmated a long time ago. I called you, wanting to tell you the news, but your phone was off!”
Griffon was stunned in place. After a few dozen seconds, he asked in disbelief, “They… were unmated a long time ago?” cally. “That’s right, Alpha Knight. It happened ages ago. The two of you left Taya at the same time. If it wasn’t for Harper, who took good care of Taya and was always by her side to encourage her, Taya might not have been able to pull through.”
As he processed each word that Stella said, his stiff face turned pale.
When Taya was most vulnerable and needed the most care, he and Silas left her.
He thought that if he gave up, Silas would take good care of her, but he didn’t expect that…
When he thought about how Taya had spent those grueling three months alone, Griffon’ heart ached, and his eyes began to well up in tears again.
Taya was suffering from the pain caused by sulfuric acid, and also from the pain of having no one to take care of her.
It was just as Stella said. How could Taya have survived alone if not for Harper?
Griffon’ hand, which was holding the phone, couldn’t stop trembling. He almost fell to the ground even though he was holding himself up.
Zack immediately supported Griffon and told him, “Sir, don’t worry. We’ll arrive in the US soon.”
Hearing that he was going back to the US soon, Stella quickly advised him, “Taya is in Washington.”
Griffon sat down. He felt a headache coming on and held his forehead with one hand. After getting a little relief, he quietly responded, “She has returned to the US.”
Stella was startled. Griffon knew that Taya was back in the US, which meant that the two had met in Washington. In that case, why didn’t he know that Taya and Silas were unmated?
Before Stella could pry, Griffon had already hung up. He put down the phone and looked out the window with bloodshot eyes…
He always thought that Taya agreed to be with him because she was softhearted. He never wondered why Taya, who was already mated, would betray Silas just because she was softhearted.
Also, she had consented to it when he wanted to sleep with her, but he thought that it was his repeated pleading that made her succumb to him, which was why…
Griffon felt that he was a total idiot. When Taya was with him, he never saw her calling Silas. However, he did see her texting on her mobile phone, which made him mistakenly think that she was texting Silas. Overwhelmed with jealousy, it made him lose all rationality.
She unmated Silas a long time ago and agreed to be with him, which showed that she still loved him. Even so, he…
If he had calmed down and thought it through carefully, then they would already have been mated instead of being in their current situation.
Griffon’ scarlet eyes were filled with remorse. He gripped his palm tightly, wishing that they could land in the US at that instant…
After the plane landed in Arcadia, Griffon quickly pulled out the IV needle on the back of his hand. He stood up and got off the plane.
Seeing that Griffon couldn’t even stand properly as he sta ggered out, Zack hurried over to grab Griffon, supporting him as they left the airport.
Andre, who learned that Griffon was back in the US, had already arranged a ride for him.
Upon seeing him coming out of the airport, he hurriedly greeted him. “Alpha Knight.” Griffon nodded coldly and looked at Zack. “You can go back.”
Zack respectfully replied “yes” before turning around and leaving quickly.
He was Greyson’s companion and could only show up when he was on a mission.
After Zack left, Andre looked at Griffon, who was pale and thin. He remembered that four months ago, Griffon was in a decent men tal state. Right then, however, he looked haggard.
Taya was the only one who could do that to the icy, noble Griffon.
The two of them must have met in Washington and had some kind of conflict, which made Griffon fell so ill.
Andre could tell what was going on, so he didn’t ask any more questions and just helped Griffon get into the car quickly.
“Alpha Knight, I’ll take you home and ask Stella to come over to give you a check-up,” he stated.
The man sitting in the Koenigsegg raised his bloodshot eyes and glanced at Andre.”Take me to Harper’s place,” he instructed.
Andre wanted to persuade him to let his body recover first, but when he saw Griffon’ anxious eyes, those words wouldn’t come out of his lips all of a sudden.
He had no choice but to start the car and drive toward Harper’s villa. A dozen luxury cars followed behind.
Harper was doing some gardening on the terrace when she saw a row of luxury cars approaching from a distance before stopping at the entrance of the villa.
She put down the gardening shears in her hand and frowned slightly when she saw the man getting out of the car. physically and ment ally. After taking just a few steps, he had exhausted all his strength Relying on Andre to support him, he walked to the door of the villa step by step. He raised his hand to ring the doorbell, but the door suddenly opened.
After opening the door, Harper was taken aback when she saw how pale Griffon was. She quickly recovered from the shock and asked politely, “Are you here for Taya?”
Griffon nodded lightly. “Is she inside? I’ll need to see her.”
He leaned against the wall and was about to rush in to look for Taya, but was stopped by Harper. “She’s not here.”
Hearing that she was not there, his hopeful heart sank in an instant. “Where is she…?”
Harper apologetically replied, “She and Neil went to the next project site to do some survey.”
Griffon, who had pushed his physical strength to its limit, suddenly flew into a rage before coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Harper was shocked. “W-What’s going on?”
Andre turned pale too. He wanted to send Griffon to the hospital, but Griffon pushed him away.
Griffon took a handkerchief from his bodyguard, patted at the corners of his mouth, then questioned Harper, “The exact address?”
Harper was still staring at the blood on the ground in a daze, but she came to her senses when she heard his h o a rse voice. “I don’t know.”
Griffon thought Harper didn’t want to tell him so he looked towards the second floor of the villa. “Does she not want to see me?”
Harper followed his line of sight. Looking back, she shook her head and said, “She’s really not here.”
Griffon didn’t believe her, so he gave Andre a look, who immediately apologized to Harper. “Ms. Duke, I’m sorry.”
After saying that, he quickly walked into the villa and rushed to the second floor to check every room. Even so, he didn’t see Taya.
Only then did he give up searching. He quickly went downstairs, went up to Griffon and shook his head at him. “She really isn’t
here…”