After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel) novel Chapter 234

“Irene Rosewood did what?!” Robert was off his seat in seconds, staring at his partner like he had just received a news equal to his death.

But it was, because he knew if Benjamin Romero were to catch wind of this, he could kiss not only his position goodbye, but his entire life in Oslo.

“The hospital said she slipped away during one of her examinations. They’ve searched the entire building and haven’t found her.”

Robert rubbed his temples and groaned, his face scrunching up in frustration.

“Where was security?! How could they have allowed her escape?”

“Well, it happened while she was in the restroom. They suspect that she most have slipped out one of the windows.”

Robert groaned once again. This was bad, like real bad.

“What should we do, chief?” Candace asked. “Should we alert the Romero family just in case?”

“And lose your fucking job?” He chuckled. “Don’t be naïve Candace. We’re going to handle this in a more quiet way, starting by putting out an APB. I want this entire town searching for her. If she’s caught, the people responsible are not allowed to mention a word of this to anyone, especially the Romero family, understand?”

“Yes, sir!” Candace saluted and turned to leave the office, closing the door behind her.

“Fuck.” Robert cursed, plopping down in his seat.

This was so not his day.

~•~

It had nearly been an hour since Leonica left her mother's place, an hour of which she had been chatting with Owen and only when she looked up from her phone did she realize that the road she was on looked unfamiliar.

"Mister, I think you missed a turn." She said as she glanced at the driver from the rearview mirror.

However, she didn't get a response.

"Sir?"

Still, the man didn't reply, and that was when the hairs on her skin stood.

Something was wrong.

"Excuse me." She called out once more except this time around, the driver met her gaze from the rearview mirror.

"There was a traffic congestion up ahead, skipping the route was the best option."

"Oh," She turned her gaze back to the unfamiliar route they were taking and thought.

'I could've sworn there was no traffic congestion.'

Unlocking her phone, she opened google Maps and typed in the address of her family house, followed by the address of her own house and clicked on the direction, and her hunch was proven correct.

There was no traffic congestion and the driver was far from being on the right direction.

She swallowed thickly and looked at the rearview mirror and as if the driver felt her eyes, he too looked at the mirror.

"Is something the matter, Ms. Romero?"

"No," She forced a smile, hoping that if her so called driver had bad intentions for her, he wouldn't notice that she had realized that he was taking her somewhere else.

'Calm down, calm down.'

She told herself as her fingers hovered over her phone, turning her location on.

"I'm just tired, that's all." She added, and the driver smiled.

"We'll be there shortly, Ms. Romero. It won't be much longer."

She forced another smile, this one coming easier. "Alright."

She unlocked her phone once more, and quickly typed a message, attaching the location and then pressed send.

'I hope he gets this in time,' She thought as she put her phone down, her eyes on the rearview mirror.

'And I hope I'm wrong about this.

~•~

When his phone dinged, Owen had been working through some of the paperwork concerning the stunt he had to perform in his movie.

He picked it up and looked at the screen.

'Leonica sent me a location?'

Confused, he unlocked his phone and when the text message loaded, he frowned.

"What the hell is going on?"