Chapter 345

“I almost choked her to death. Did I go too far?” Stefan asked.

“Yes and no.1′

Xavier was an outsider and said impartially, “Considering your usual behavior, choking someone wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen you do, but… I think hurting Renee was a little too much.”

Xavier had never seen the usually sober and sensible Stefan in such distraught in all their years of friendship, heartbroken to see the state Stefan was in despite finding his actions maddening.

Therefore, he toned down his words.

“She deserved it!” Stefan’s calmness evaporated instantly like a long- dormant volcano that erupted suddenly. His voice was cold. “It’s only fair to repay a life with a life!”

Xavier took a step backward in shock and grimaced. He ridiculed, “Okay, okay. It’s fair. So are we spending so much effort to find her for you to continue choking her to death?”

Stefan hissed coldly, “We’ll talk about that when we get her back!”

Xavier and Christopher exchanged a glance, smiling. They shrugged and shook their heads helplessly.

They knew Stefan’s personality very well.

Stefan was just an arrogant guy who hid his deep emotions behind a veil of coldness.

“Let’s not waste time and find her.”

Christopher analyzed calmly, “I’ve tracked Renee’s movement based on the available data. She was at Everheart Residence, West Hill Cemetry, Azure Group headquarters, H Group headquarters… and finally, Hunt Villa.”

Stefan furrowed his brows. “Are you saying she was last seen in Hunt Villa before her disappearance?”

“From the data, yes. It has been 51 hours since then.”

Christopher projected the data on the projector and showed it to Stefan.

Xavier said, “51 hours. That’s a little over two days. We still have the chance to track her down. Let’s hurry. We’ll find her for sure!”

Xavier looked around and suddenly snapped his fingers. He said, “I think she may be in the villa. She’s a bright girl. Maybe she’s confusing us by deliberately hiding here. She’ll take the opportunity to escape the moment we look elsewhere!”

Christopher nodded. “It’s possible. Why don’t we get more people to surround the villa and start searching in detail?”

Stefan looked at Renee’s trail of whereabouts on the projector and said coldly, ‘Let’s begin.”

Stefan thought there was no way Renee could really disappear under his nose!

Hunt Villa was huge and covered a wide area. The three men joined the search party before additional help arrived.

Stefan was in charge of searching in the villa. Meanwhile, Christopher and Xavier searched outside the villa.

Stefan strode upstairs and went to Renee’s bedroom. When he opened the door, a faint scent of gardenia surrounded his senses. It was a smell that belonged exclusively to Renee.

Stefan couldn’t remember the last time he noticed this smell. It was said that someone deeply in love could smell the scent of their beloved.

Stefan was unsure if he loved Renee, but the faint scent of her body was like a calming fragrance that would immediately put him at ease.

Seeing the empty room, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes. “Renee, where the hell are you!”