Chapter 272

Beating Herself Up

Byron exited the hotel. Without a doubt in his mind, he ran in the direction of the botanical garden.

That little girl wanted to be with Rosalie, and there was no doubt that she ran out of the hotel just for
her. Other than the botanical garden, it was impossible for his little girl to be anywhere else.

As he made his way to the botanical garden, he did not see Estie at all. Byron’s heart sank. He
whipped out his phone to call Rosalie.

Rosalie was sightseeing in the botanical garden with her little boys when her phone rang. When she
saw whose call it was, she frowned.

Byron should be with Wendy now, right? Why was he calling her now?

Her phone rang for a while before Rosalie picked up hesitantly. “Have you seen Estie?”

Before she could say anything, the man’s velvety voice rang from the other end of the call.

He sounded a little frantic. Rosalie’s heart sank unknowingly. “No. Why?”

Byron looked around him, his eyes not daring to take a break from scanning the place. “Estie’s
missing.”

Rosalie’s heart trembled at the news, and her face morphed into an expression of panic. “Isn’t Estie
with you? How could she go missing out of the blue?”

Thinking about how the little girl went missing, Byron frowned. “Long story. Just start looking for her
now! She should be near the botanical garden.” Rosalie could not care about her conflicts with Byron
anymore as she said, “Okay, I’ll look around with the boys.”



After hanging up the phone, she was about to bring the boys to look for Estie. “Mommy, what
happened?” The boys looked at how frantic Rosalie’s expression was and asked in confusion,

Rosalie could not regain her composure, so she took a deep breath in an attempt to make her voice
tremble less. “Estie’s missing. Let’s look around here for her.”

The little boys were shocked to hear the news, and panic filled their faces as well. Lucian was a little
more clear headed, so he let go of his Mommy’s hands. “Mommy, let’s split up It’ll be more efficient that
way.”

Nox nodded

Rosalie was not afraid that her boys would go missing, so she replied, “You two just look around inside
the botanical garden. If you can’t find her, wait for me at the main entrance.”

The boys nodded obediently, and the three of them split up in different directions.

Rosalie headed straight to the main entrance of the botanical garden.

Since no one had seen the little girl enter the botanical garden, she might have just gotten lost nearby.

As she arrived at the botanical garden, she met Byron, who had the same thought process as she did.

Byron’s brows were tightly locked together, and his lips were pursed into a thin line. He looked stoic
and cold as he rushed out.

“How is it? Any news?” Rosalie asked anxiously.

Byron was clearly only focusing on finding Estie. It was only when he heard her voice that he realized
Rosalie was standing opposite him. He shook his head in silence.



Rosalie’s facial expression was gloomy and frightening. After seeing Byron shake his head, she felt a
heavy weight on her heart that rendered her unable to speak.

The little girl was still happily talking about planting trees with them in the morning, but now, she had
gone missing… Rosalie beat herself up mentally.

Just now, when she came out of the restaurant, it was clear that the little girl wanted to be with her.
However, she rejected her because she saw Byron with Wendy.

If she had agreed to let the little girl come along with her, this kind of thing would not have happened


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