Farewell to Love: The CEO's Desperate Chase novel Chapter 29

She glanced at her phone. The screen lit up with a breaking notification:

#TylerAndVivienneLeaveTheEricksonBuildingTogether#

So, he can't answer my calls because he's with his mistress?

Joyce didn't hesitate—she called Tyler immediately.

No answer the first time.

On the second attempt, the call finally connected just as the last ring was about to drop.

"What is it?" Tyler's voice was cold as ice.

"What is it?" Joyce exploded, shouting into the phone. "Why the hell aren't you answering Emilia's calls?"

Behind the wheel of his Aston Martin, Tyler's brow furrowed.

He double-checked the caller ID—Joyce. His tone grew icier. "Did Emilia make you call me?"

"No!" Joyce's furious voice crackled through the phone. "I called you myself!"

A red light flashed ahead. Tyler braked, then scrolled through his missed calls from Emilia—dozens, all silenced.

Ha!

If this wasn't Emilia sending Joyce after him, what was it?

The light turned green. Tyler hit the gas, the Aston Martin gliding forward with perfect composure—just like the calm he forced himself to feel.

Since the moment Vivienne walked into The Erickson Building, his phone had been buzzing non-stop.

Did Emilia think he couldn't guess her intentions?

"You need to get to Alden General Hospital right now," Joyce snapped.

"I'm not going," Tyler replied, voice like steel.

Emilia probably ran to Joyce crying again. This time, she was really pushing it—dragging Joyce in to cause trouble for him.

Ever since he'd brought up divorce, Emilia's temper had just gotten worse.

Vivienne looked like she was about to burst into tears from worry.

But as she lowered her eyes, calculation flickered in her gaze.

A car accident sounded serious enough. But the timing—Emilia just happened to end up at her best friend's hospital. That best friend's father was the hospital director. And somehow, Emilia still found time to call Tyler over and over.

Vivienne's anxious performance was really just a hint: this whole thing might be Emilia and Joyce putting on a show.

Of course, Vivienne made sure Tyler never suspected a thing.

She squeezed out a few tears. "Tyler, I want to be with you, but if something happened to her, I'd feel guilty forever…"

As she sobbed, she suddenly turned aside, gagging. When she finally caught her breath, a smear of "blood" shone at the corner of her lips.

Seeing the worry in Tyler's eyes, Vivienne quickly tucked the prop blood capsule back into her purse and shook her head. "Don't worry about me. Just get to the hospital."

Tyler pressed his lips together in a hard line.

He started the car again, spun the wheel, and the Aston Martin roared off in the direction of Alden General Hospital.