Chapter 59

  Raphael POV

  At Royal Group.

  I was in a meeting.

  My phone suddenly vibrated on my desktop.

  I glanced at it.

  It was Maddox.

  Maddox rarely called me. He knew I was more used to reading text messages and emails.

  These days, Essel snuck out of the house a lot, which was why Maddox called me so often.

  It seemed that today Essel had snuck out of the house again.

  I frowned slightly. The conference room fell silent.

  I pressed the connect key and said calmly, "What is it?"

  "Mr. Lancaster, Ms. Essel snuck out and had a car accident!"

  Maddox's voice choked up. "Ms. Essel was in a car accident, lost a lot of blood and needs a blood transfusion, but the blood bank is out of Rh-negative blood. Mr. Lancaster, I..."

  I gripped my phone tightly and jerked to my feet.

  Was Essel in a car accident?

  My daughter...

  I screamed inwardly, tears hidden in my eyes.

  I pulled open the conference room door and walked out.