Chapter 5 Alone in the Echo

Zander's POV

I was irritated and restless as never before, and I paced the living room anxiously.

I could not sit still in my chair.

All the reasons seemed to have left me. I was less and less able to control myself.

I wanted to destroy, I wanted to lash out.

Jessica never disobeyed me. Even when I alienated her, she just looked at me sadly.

How could she leave me without my permission?

I dialed my assistant's number.

"Mr. Harrison, how can I help you?" Dwayne answered the phone immediately.

"Investigate Jessica's whereabouts today. No, this month, now!" I yelled. I continued, "Come to my house."

I hung up and took a deep breath.

There must be someone who incited Jessica.

Who could this person be?

Johnny's name came to my mind.

I gritted my teeth.

It had to be him!

Jessica didn't know that her father had done those unforgivable things. And Johnny tried to manipulate me with Jessica?

Anger and hate filled my brain.

I hadn't hurt her because I loved her. But I would never let her leave me.

She hadn't paid for what her father had done.

The doorbell rang. I opened the door.

Dwayne came in with two bodyguards. I raised my hand to signal them to come in.

"Jessica ran away from home. Check for clues." I said coldly.

Dwayne froze for a moment and then came in with two men.

They searched the whole house carefully. I sat down on the couch and held my head.

"Mr. Harrison, there are no clues at all," Dwayne reported with his head down.

"Impossible!" I angrily kicked the table.

It made a thud and Dwayne jumped in shock.

I immediately went to the study and found the Divorce Settlement Agreement.

I anxiously flipped the document back and forth. Finally, my eyes stopped in the line.

The reason for the divorce is that the husband cheated on his wife.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in my head, and it was as if I had gotten a clue.

"Leave," I ordered in a deep voice.

Dwayne and the bodyguards left.

Jessica also said yesterday about me cheating on her. I thought she was just looking for a reason to talk to me.

Suddenly, Serena's words came to my mind. She said that Jessica had come to see me yesterday but left soon.

I grabbed my car keys and drove back to the office right away.

It was after work, so the office was almost empty.

I entered the office and opened the surveillance monitor.

Then I accessed yesterday's video.

I had this camera installed by Dwayne alone. No one knew about it except Dwayne and me.

The video played until 10:20 AM when Serena came into my office with a strange man.

She pointed to the chair and said something. The man then put on my jacket.

The next footage got weirder.

Serena and the strange man were having sex in my office.

The relief of finding out why offset my anger.

I then fully understood why Jessica had filed for divorce. She must have mistaken the man for me.

Just then my phone rang.

"Zander, when are you going to sign the divorce papers?" Jessica's cold voice came from the phone.

I frowned. That was not the tone she was supposed to use with me.

I said, "Stop being ridiculous. I already know why you want a divorce. It's all a misunderstanding."

"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not doesn't matter to me anymore. I made my decision already. Let's get on with the process as soon as possible." Jessica's tone was still cold.

I'm very unhappy with Jessica's attitude. My patience was about to run out.

I said impatiently, "So you're the boss now? Let me remind you that there is a limit. Do not exhaust my patience, or I cannot guarantee that Johnny's company will be able to operate normally."

"You're threatening me," Jessica said with a voice of suppressed anger.

"Just so you know, Johnny is only able to run his company because of our cooperation. If I stop my orders, you know what that means." I said coldly.

"Shame on you!" Jessica roared angrily.

"You have half an hour to come to my office and take your ridiculous divorce papers away!"