Chapter 6 Racing home at breakneck speed , Damien ran five red lights . He refused to believe what the butler said . ' She was fine yesterday . Why would she suddenly leave ? ' It was impossible ! ' The moment he flung open the door to my bedroom , his heart plunged . The room was empty . Not a single trace of me remained , not even my personal belongings . Everything was gone . " Estelle ! Estelle ! " Panic surged through him . His voice cracked as he called my name again and again . He tore through the entire villa , flinging open every closet and every drawer , desperate to find some sign that I hadn't left . There was nothing . What crushed him even more was seeing the gifts he had given me over the years all left behind . Neatly packed away in boxes . Untouched . " Estelle … Have you given up on me ? " Then his eyes landed on the wall that had once been covered in photos of us together . Now it was bare . Damien sank to his knees in despair , combing through every corner of the room , searching for anything of mine . Still nothing . His empty gaze swept across the floor and caught on a crumpled photo in the wastebasket . His eyes lit up . He lunged for it , not caring about the dirt, grabbing it with trembling hands . When he smoothed it out , all that stared back at him was his own smiling face . I had ripped away the half with me in it and taken it with me . His hands shook violently . That was when it hit him - just how resolute my departure truly was . He fumbled for his phone and called his assistant . " Find Estelle . I don't care how you do it . Just track her down immediately ! " He hung up and clutched the torn photo , bloodshot eyes burning .