?<strong>Chapter 808:</strong>


    Corey’s smile faded, his expression turning grim. Alicia’s lips curved slightly in quiet victory.


    Later, Caden returned to the apartment.


    Finding no one home, he called Alicia, but there was no answer. His heart sank, but he tried to convince himself that she was just out, busy with something. Yet, as the hours passed and his calls went unanswered, his hope dwindled. Frantically, he sent people out to search, but their efforts disappeared without a trace. Exhausted and alone, he ended up at the city hall, clutching the documents he’d brought to get their marriage license.


    Couples came and went, celebrating the beginnings of their new families. Soon, the daylight faded. A staff member approached and gently reminded him that they were closing. Caden sat motionless, his body tense. He clutched the necessary papers for the marriage license tightly, unwilling to let them go.


    He left without a word, stepping into the cold night. The streets were crowded, snow lightly dusting the air, but Alicia was nowhere to be found. She had broken their promise, and a dreadful certainty sank in — she wasn’ting back. It turned out that from the very beginning, she had never truly forgiven him.


    Caden’s heart seemed to freeze, a wild ache tearing through him like a beast wing at his chest. The pain became overwhelming, and he copsed, his mouth spilling blood that stained the snow beneath him. The unbearable pain left Caden dizzy, his legs buckling as he fell to the ground. Blood trickled from his mouth, staining the snow a deep crimson. The sight of his own blood stung his eyes. He stared ahead nkly as the agony crept through him, hollowing him out like a withering tree losing itsst grip on life.


    A distant scream broke through the haze as someone rushed over and lifted him.


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    “Sir, are you alright?” But Caden couldn’t hear them; something inside him had broken, leaving him hollow and insensible to everything around him.


    It took two weeks for Caden to ept Alicia’s departure, though he had been ill ever since. Only once he showed some improvement did Hank dare to discuss Alicia with him.


    “Thest we know, Ms. Bet was seen with Corey. She left Warrington early that morning, boarding a ne with him. No one has seen her since.”


    Caden stared in silence, sitting by the hospital window in his gown. Corey had always been adept at making people disappear. Alicia had found shelter with Corey, cutting herst remaining ties with Caden for good.


    After a pause, Caden’s voice broke the quiet.


    “Any other news of her?”


    Hank hesitated, feeling a pang of sympathy.


    “Half a month ago, Ms. Bet sold all her assets. Shepensated her gallery’s shareholders, reimed most of the shares, and entrusted the gallery to a trusted colleague. She converted everything else to dors and left them in a secondary ount under your name.”


    Caden had given Alicia ess to many of his ounts, including several secondary ones. Hank continued, “She took nothing with her. She even transferred the castle you gifted her back to you, cutting all ties.”


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