Jack left these merciless words hanging in the air, chilling everyone’s hearts.
In Riverdale, where the Sterling family reigned supreme, crossing Jack was a guaranteed path to ruin.
The men looked at each other, each more anxious than the next.
One man, furious with himself, slapped his own face, wishing he had never committed such foolish acts.
One by one, these men fiercely slapped their own faces, deeply regretting their actions to the point of turning green with remorse.
If they had said nothing and done nothing today, simply joining Jack in his sullen drinking, perhaps they wouldn’t have met such a fate.
If they hadn’t encouraged Jack to seek out women initially, things might not have turned out this way.
Unfortunately, no amount of regret could change the past.
Carrying the scent of alcohol, Jack returned to his cold, empty home.
Some of the photos Freya had disposed of still had backups, which he printed and placed back in their original positions.
Those without backups were lost forever.
Despite his efforts to return the home to its previous state, it still differed from before.
Without Freya, the house had lost all its vibrancy.
Jack stood by the window, and only then did he realize that from this angle, he could see everything in the small garden.
It turned out that on the day she left, she had seen him kissing Lily.
His heart clenched painfully, his hand pressing hard against his chest as he took deep breaths. This pain made him even more lucid.
“Zack, any news on Freya?”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Sterling, we haven’t found anything.”
Jack hung up the phone, the result the same as always.
During this time, he had sent many people to investigate Freya’s whereabouts.
She had erased all traces of her identity, using a temporary ID to board a flight that day. To make matters worse, she bought multiple tickets to destinations scattered across the globe. Despite the Sterling family’s immense wealth and influence, their reach overseas was limited, making the search for Freya feel impossible.
With her identity wiped clean, it was as though she had disappeared from the face of the earth, taking their marriage with her as if it had never existed.
