CHAPTER 2 – THE WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED
The restaurant remained silent.
No one moved.
No one breathed.
The billionaire stared at the boy as if the world had suddenly stopped turning.
"What did you say?" he whispered.
The boy swallowed nervously.
"My mom said... you're my father."
The bride-to-be slowly stepped back from the table.
The guests exchanged stunned glances.
The billionaire knelt in front of the child.
"What's your name?"
"Ethan."
The name hit him like a thunderbolt.
Years ago, he and the woman he loved had chosen that exact name for the son they dreamed of having someday.
His hands trembled.
"Where is your mother?"
The boy pulled a folded letter from his pocket.
"She couldn't come."
The billionaire opened it.
The handwriting was unmistakable.
Sophia.
The woman he had searched for during eight painful years.
As he read, tears filled his eyes.
If you're reading this, Ethan found you.
I never wanted to leave.
Your father made sure we could never be together.
When I became pregnant, I was threatened and forced to disappear.
I've been sick for a long time now. I don't know how much time I have left.
But our son deserves to know who his father is.
The billionaire's face turned pale.
His father.
The man who had controlled his empire.
The man who had always hated Sophia.
For years he believed she had abandoned him.
The truth was far worse.
She had been taken away.
And now she was dying.
Without another word, he stood.
The wedding was over.
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There was only one thing that mattered.
Finding Sophia.
