Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 252

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Please Come Back, My Love

hapter 252

Elena: POV

I sat on the Tube, my hands trembling so violently I could barely grip the overhead rail. The carriage rocked beneath me, each lurch forward feeling like an eternity when all I wanted was to be there now, to have my daughter back in my arms.

Twenty minutes. Lila had been missing for twenty minutes.

The other passengers were just blurs of color and motion, their conversations a meaningless drone beneath the roar of blood in my ears. I stared at the route map above the doors, mentally calculating how many more stops until I could get to her school.

My phone rang.

Alexander’s name flashed across the screen.

I answered before the second ring. “Alexander, I’m on my way to Lila’s school. We–our daughter is missing. 1-*

“What?” His voice cut through, sharp and immediate. “What do you mean, missing?”

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“Miss Robertson called. She left Lila alone for just two minutes at the school gate and when she came back-” My voice cracked. She’s gone, Alexander.

Someone took her.”

‘I’m already at your design studio door.” I could hear him moving, a car door slamming. “I told you I’d pick you up. Get out here right now.”

“I’m on the Tube heading to the school. I couldn’t wait, I just-”

“What? Elena, I’m here waiting for you. How are you-” There was a pause, then his voice turned sharp with understanding. “You left without me.

“Alexander, I need to get to her-”

now.” His voice was clipped, controlled, but I could hear the hurt beneath it. “We’ll find her together.”

e next station. My grip on the rail tightened until my knuckles went white. More passengers shuffled on and off, their faces

opped, then kicked into a violent rhythm that made my vision blur. The phone felt slippery in my sweaty palm.

ed to answer, pressing the phone against my ear. “Hello? Who is this? Where did you take my daughter?”

Silence.

“Mom, it’s me.

The world stopped. The train noise faded. The other passengers vanished.

10:48 am Pppp.

Chapter 252

Lilat My voice came out strangled, barely above a whisper Sweetheart where are you? Are you hurt?”

“Mom, I’m fine.” Her voice was steady, almost cheerful, and I wanted to sob with relief. Then she continued brightly, I’m at Sweet Endings cake shop with

the sad uncle.”

Ice flooded my veins.

“How did you end up with Julian? The name felt foreign on my tongue, heavy with implications I couldn’t grasp.

“Mom, the sad uncle is a good person!” Lila’s voice bubbled with excitement, completely oblivious to my panic. He showed me your wedding photos! He told me you two should be husband and wife, that you were supposed to live together! And he said he’s my real daddy–so does that mean Alexander daddy is. what do you call it… the other man?”

My blood turned to ice. The casual way she said it, like she was discussing her favorite cartoon character.

“Sweetheart, can you put the sad uncle on the phone?”

But the line went dead.

I stared at my phone, my hands shaking so badly I nearly dropped it. Then I quickly typed a message to Alexander with trembling fingers:

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Found Lila. She’s safe. Sweet Endings cake shop, Ledbury Road, Notting Hill.

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