I leaned into Caleb, my body frail and seeking sce in his strength.


    Despite my attempts to pull myself together, tears kept streaming down my face.


    Shortly after, Andrew entered with the butler and a team of bodyguards in tow.


    He halted, his eyes widening at the sight of Abby’s nearly empty room.


    Turning to me with a look of stern concern, he then faced the butler with a frostymand.


    “Exin what’s happening here.


    ”


    The butler, confronted with the chaos, was visibly shaken.


    He knelt before Andrew, his voice quivering.


    “Sir, I… I truly don’t know what’s happening…”


    Debra’s POV:


    The moment the butler’s words reached my ears, despair gripped me.


    Andrew’s eyes ignited with fury as he advanced, his step forceful, pressing his foot against the butler’s shoulder—-an unmistakable disy of his simmering anger.


    “You don’t know? You run this house! How can you be oblivious to a missing child? I left with Norast night and made sure to assign two extra servants to watch over Abby.


    So where is she now?”


    The butler crumpled to the floor, quickly scrambled to his feet, his voice quivering as if on the verge of tears.


    “I swear, I have no idea.


    I checked on Abby this morning, and she was asleep.


    How could she just vanish? The room waspletely empty.


    It’s so bizarre!”


    Beside me, Caleb stood like a pir of strength, his arms firm around me.


    His face was stern as he surveyed the room with a cold, prating gaze, his voice deep and authoritative.


    “Who is Abby? What’s going on here?”


    Andrew nced my way, his expression uneasy, and remained silent.


    The butler and the bodyguards behind him also bowed their heads, enveloped in a heavy silence.


    Tears streamed down my cheeks, my throat so sore that words refused to form.


    Just as I began to fear that I might never speak again, a whisper, broken by sobs, finally broke through.


    “Abby is our daughter!”This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Overwhelmed, tears welled up in my eyes once more.


    Caleb stiffened, a look of shock overtaking his face.


    “She’s the child you had when you disappeared? You’re saying she’s been alive all this time?”


    I sobbed uncontrobly, unable to utter a single word, only managing a nod.


    A look of surprise flickered across Caleb’s usually impassive expression, soon reced by concern.


    He held me tightly, his usual resolve melting away as he faced Andrew, his adversary in love.


    For a moment, their longstanding tension dissipated.


    Cautiously, he inquired, “Is there any surveince in your manor?”


    Andrew, his face betraying a hint of change, responded earnestly, “Yes, I’ll personally check it immediately.


    ”


    Relieved, Caleb and I exchanged a nce and sighed in unison.


    Turning to the butler who knelt on the floor, Andrewmanded, “Summon all the guards who were on duty this morning.


    I need to question them myself.


    ”


    “Understood, sir.


    ” The butler quickly nodded and hurried out of the room with great haste.


    After Andrew finished arranging everything, he looked at me, his eyes full of concern.


    “You shouldn’t be on your feet right now.


    Go back to your room and rest.


    It’s exactly as you left it.


    I’ve ensured no one has entered since you left.


    ”


    Despite my fatigue, I shook my head, determination firm in my voice.