Chapter 197 - Slip from his grasp (1/2)

Jeremy looked at his phone with a frown. He had been trying to contact Ryn since the moment he woke up from his nape but again, all ended in failure.

Not once he managed to contact her, not through the phone call and not even through the message. He did check her Instagram account but she did not update a thing.

Where could she be? What was she doing until she had to switch off her phone all the time?

He rubbed his forehead. He was getting a headache worrying over Ryn. He tried to ask Mei Li but this time, that manager girl refused to say anything. She only said Ryn was alright and would be back the day after tomorrow.

”Where are you, Ryn?” he murmured.

He was still thinking about Ryn when someone rang the bell of his suite. He looked at it with a scowl. Who was it to disturb his daydreaming?

He went to open the door and frowned at the manager when the man standing at the door, preparing to press the bell again. The manager gulped. He even his shirt a bit to make it easier to breathe. Why was it so cold here? Colder than the air-cond?

”What do you want?”

”I… Boss, I have contacted the mayor's office. Our appointment at 4.00 pm in his office,” the manager reported.

Jeremy looked at his watch and nodded.  Then, he cocked an eyebrow when it seemed like the manager refused to move. ”Do you have anything else to tell me?”

The manager gulped nervously. His hands were shaking and he tried to hide them behind his back.

Jeremy was starting to lose his temper.

”Boss, do you want me to remind you again half an hour before we leave?” the manager asked nervously. He was worried that his boss would oversleep and miss the appointment.

”Hmm…” and this time, once Jeremy gave his agreement, he closed the door. He did not even wait to tell the manager to leave or anything.

He went back to the huge bed and lied on it. His eyes stared up at the ceiling.

”It's not like you running away from me again, are you, Ryn?” he murmured. He had enough of her running away two years ago, disappeared from his life and he could not find her anywhere. Now, when he finally found her, he would not let her slip away from his grasp, ever again.

Almost automatically his hand reached for the phone on the nightstand and stared at it blankly. Would she switch it on now? Would she answer if he called?

He dropped the phone to his left side and groaned loudly as he covered his upper face with his right hand. He could not stop worrying over this when he should be worried about the project. This project was important in order to put his company at the same level as his father's sub-company.

Although he could be considered a very successful businessman with four types of business under his belt; construction, investment, jewellery and fashion, but he was still not on the same level as his father who managed to have sub-companies all over the world.

He needed to focus on his company right now. He could go see her the day after tomorrow. Didn't Mei Li say Ryn would be back that day?

”Stop worrying, Jeremy. She is already a big girl. She can take care of herself,” he told himself, scolding his mind that kept fretting over her safety.

He reached back his phone to set it an hour before the meeting. Just enough to get ready and have lunch before leaving for the mayor's office.