Chapter 5

• 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!"