Chapter 744

 744:
With that thought, Dustin stood and headed for the door.
But just as he reached it, his phone buzzed. A message came in, and as he read it, his steps faltered.
Something in the message made his heart skip. Without hesitation, he turned back and rushed over to Collin.
Collin frowned. “Why are you still here?”
Dustin was too shaken to care about Collin’s tone. He nearly shouted, “Collin! I just got word—Gorman is coming back!”
At those words, Collin’s entire demeanor shifted. His expression darkened, and his grip on the bottle tightened.
He held his breath, voice low and tense. “Is he coming back alone?”
Linsey had vanished without a trace four years ago.
It wasn’t long before Collin learned that Gorman had also disappeared around the same time. And since then, neither had returned.
He had long suspected that Linsey had left with Gorman.
And if Gorman was now returning with her by his side, that meant they had spent the last four years together. The thought hit Collin like a punch to the chest.
He and Linsey had barely lasted a year before divorcing. Yet she might have shared four whole years with another man. His heart ached at the thought.
All he could do now was hope Dustin’s next words would ease his worst fears.
Dustin glanced down at the photos sent by his people. His expression was a mix of surprise and confusion. “I don’t think so,” he replied.
Collin felt a sharp pain swell in his chest.
A hollow smile tugged at his lips as his eyes dimmed, full of sorrow he could no longer hide.
Just as Collin began to believe Gorman had returned with Linsey, Dustin’s next words shattered his train of thought.
“Collin, Gorman seems to be traveling with a child.”
Collin’s brows knit sharply together. He turned to Dustin in disbelief. “What? A child?”
Still fixated on the blurry photo on his screen, Dustin gave a slow nod. “Yeah. He boarded the flight to Grester with a kid. Our team couldn’t get close enough to see clearly, but from what they could tell, it looked like a little girl.”
Then, in a tone laced with confusion, Dustin muttered, “Gorman has a daughter now? But… didn’t he always insist he’d only ever be with Linsey? Re—”
Dustin stopped abruptly. His voice faltered, and his eyes hesitated to meet Collin’s.
If Gorman, the man who once swore he would never marry anyone but Linsey, now had a daughter… then the chances were high that Linsey was the mother.
As he realized what he had just implied, Dustin’s stomach dropped. He wished he could take the words back. He had just twisted the knife in Collin’s heart.
A long silence followed. Then, in a rough, low voice, Collin finally asked, “When does Gorman’s flight land?”
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