Chapter 12 – Love Entangled with Her Unconscious Husband Novel Free (Volume II)

Hayden had been to his house twice, but he had remained in the living room during both visits.

Layla, on the other hand, did go upstairs, where she had later been discovered by the others. However, the girl did not seem all that bright, or she would not have broken down crying at the time.

He did not cross Layla’s name off the list, but he turned his attention to Zoe.

Could it be Zoe?

There were people around every time Zoe visited, and she would not have had the opportunity to take something from the study.

Left with no other options, all he could do was wait for the surveillance footage.

Elyette had spent the entire night in the surveillance room, combing through the footage. He did not rest for a moment.

The day he had taken Averie home, the surveillance cameras had been hacked, and there was a three–hour gap. At that time, he had only needed to know if the cameras were still working, but now, he needed to know what had gone wrong.

He returned to his bedroom and try as he might, but he could not fall asleep. When he had discovered that the box was gone, he felt as though his heart had been crushed and ripped apart. If only he could face his dark past, he would have never had to divorce Averie.

At noon, the bodyguards had finally finished watching all the footage from the previous

month.

“Mr. Foster, we checked the surveillance outside your study, but no one has been inside apart from you and Mrs. Cooper,” the bodyguard reported. “Every time Mrs. Cooper came out, all she had were her cleaning tools and nothing else.”

Elyette shut his eyes in despair. He had never suspected Mrs. Cooper to begin with. After all, she had served him for many years and had always remained dutiful and loyal. If Mrs. Cooper wished to betray him, she could have done so long ago.

“The surveillance cameras stopped working the day Miss Tate brought her two children over. Could it be possible that someone went into the study room during that time?” suggested the bodyguard.

Elyette’s eyes darkened. Once the bodyguard excused himself, he picked up the phone and called Averie.

When Averie saw him call, she answered, thinking that he was calling to discuss work,

“Averie, I lost something,” his voice was hoarse and hollow from the lack of sleep.

For a moment, she was taken off guard, “What did you lose?”

“It was still there a month ago. I spent the whole night going through last month’s surveillance footage but didn‘t find anything. A while back when you came to my house, your son broke my surveillance cameras, and there there are three hours of missing footage.”

Averie realized what he meant and felt her heart sink. “Elyette Foster, I didn‘t take anything from you! I wouldn‘t!”

He had given her plenty of expensive gifts from back when they were together, but she had not taken any one of them away with her.

“I don‘t doubt you.” His heart ached at her tone, and he asked, “Can you ask your kids to see if

“I haven‘t seen a red box at my house, and if they had taken something from you, they would have told me,” she said confidently as she shut her laptop. “I will go home and have a look”

“Alright,” he said in a gloomy tone.

Averie felt her heart soften slightly and asked, “Did you stay up the entire night? Was it something important?”

“Very.” He reached up to massage his temple and said in a tortured voice, “If you find that box at your house, please don‘t open it.”

Hokav.”

her throat. She wanted to comfort him but was not sure how. Perhaps the best comfort for Elyette at the moment would be to recover what he had lost.

She stepped out of her office and strode toward the elevator.

She had always known that he was hiding something, but she had not expected him to lose the box with said secret in it.

She wondered who had taken it, but she was certain it was not Hayden or Layla.

Though the children resented Elyette, they would not possibly steal. However, Averie still decided that she would search the house thoroughly. What if the box was really in her house?

Laura was at Starry Villa, and she was shocked to see Averie hurry in.

“Averie, have you had dinner?”

“Mom, have you seen a red box in our house?” Averie tossed her purse to the couch and walked toward the children’s room.

“A red box?” Laura followed her and mumbled, “I don‘t think so. Why?”

“Elyette lost a box like that,” blurted Averie. “He checked the surveillance footage and didn’t find anything out of the ordinary, but Hayden had hacked his surveillance cameras when he went to Elyette’s a while back, and Elyette suspects that something had happened during that time.”

Laura scowled. “He thinks Hayden took it?”

Averie looked at her and said, “Mom, I know that you don‘t think that Hayden would do such a thing, and neither do 1; but how many things has Hayden done that have been out of line so far?”

Laura sighed heavily but did not argue. “A red box, right? Is there something important inside?” she asked as she began searching.

“He said it‘s important,” responded Averie with a heavy heart.

“If it‘s that important, why not keep it somewhere secure?” Laura was confused. “If Hayden can just walk right in and take something that important to him, it means that he didn‘t place it in a secure spot.”

“There are bodyguards guarding his house day and night, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere,” explained Averie.

Due to the tight security, no matter where Elyette had chosen to place his belongings, no ordinary person would dare take anything.

Laura did not say anything.

The two of them searched the children‘s room thoroughly but did not find the box, so Averie stepped out of the room and started looking around the mansion.

An hour later and they still had not found anything.

“Averie, if he suspects us, then ask him to come look for it himself.” Exhausted, Laura sat down on the couch.

Averie took out her phone and went to the balcony to call Elyette.

“I didn‘t find that box you were talking about in my house,” she said. “When the kids return from school, I will ask them about it.”

“Okay.”

“Elyette, what will happen if you don‘t find the box?” Averie could not help but feel concerned.

“Nothing,” he said, not wanting her to overthink things.

“Oh… if nothing is going to happen, then go get some sleep and try looking for it again once you have rested.” Averie felt slightly relieved and said, “Sometimes things just slip past us when we get flustered. Maybe it will appear when you stop looking for it.”

“Yeah.”

Elyette had searched his entire mansion multiple times, and he had technically come to the conclusion that the box was not in the mansion.

He had no clue as to who had taken it. If Averie‘s children had taken it, then it had to be in her house. If it was not there, it could only mean that her children did not take the box.

Who else could it be?

Why would someone take it and not use its contents against him? Even if the thief was not interested in money, were they not interested in harming Elyette?

If the contents of the box were to be published, Elyette would fall. However, nothing had been published.

If the thief did not intend on hurting Elyette, why did they steal the box to begin with?

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