Never Again in This Life Chapter 11

Never Again in This Life Chapter 11

After that, they went to the university to look for me.

The staff in the department office told them I had taken a temporary leave of absence to care for a sick family member.

When Maddox heard that, his face changed.

He remembered our phone call, when I’d told him my grandmother was unwell, and how he had ordered me to prioritize Elara’s project.

Perhaps that was the moment the panic truly set in.

But it was already too late.

They couldn’t find me, and they couldn’t find my grandmother.

It was as if I had simply vanished.

Meanwhile, Elara’s life wasn’t going so well either.

Without me to do her graduation project, she had cobbled something together herself, even hiring someone to complete part of it.

During the final review, a professor discovered that the core of her project was almost identical to a previous student’s work.

The university found her guilty of academic misconduct, issued a formal disciplinary action, and revoked her eligibility for a degree.

Her years of study were wiped out in an instant.

Elara went crying to Maddox.

But this time, he didn’t comfort her.

He just looked at her and asked, “All those papers, all those design projects… did Tessa do them all for you?”

Elara’s tears stopped.

Maddox had his answer.

For the first time, he felt a wave of disgust for the girl he had always protected.

After recovering from the initial shock, Sterling started pouring money into a private investigation to find out where I’d gone.

When he saw the flight records showing that my grandmother and I had flown to London, he sat alone in his office for an entire night.

He finally understood.

I wasn’t waiting for him to come and win me back.

I was simply gone.