All Chapters of No Longer Mine: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Sofia was stunned by his roar. Tears hung precariously on her face, making her look pitiable and fragile. At that moment, however, Connor only found those tears fake and revolting.“Daddy! What are you guys arguing about?” The door to the kids’ room opened, and Leo and Maya stepped out, rubbing their eyes. They had clearly been woken up by the noise.Seeing the suitcase in Connor’s hand, Leo ran over and grabbed his leg. “Daddy, where are you going? Don’t leave!”Maya grabbed his other leg, looking up at him with her little face. “Daddy, are you going to look for Mommy? We don’t want Mommy to come back! We want Sofia!”In the past, seeing the kids depend so much on Sofia while rejecting Eliza would have made Connor feel guilty. He would have thought Sofia was indeed better suited to be a mother, and his heart would have softened.Now, hearing his own children showing such detachment toward their birth mother, whose life was at risk, and even trying to stop him from looking for h

The explosion drowned out Connor’s desperate shout. Without a second thought, pure instinct drove him to lunge toward her silhouette.The blast knocked him onto the ground. His back crashed against the sharp rubble, sending a sharp pain shooting through him, and the taste of blood filled his mouth instantly.Dust filled the air, obscuring the sky.“Eliza… Eliza!” Connor coughed up a mouthful of blood and scrambled to stand up. His vision was a blur. The spot where she had been just seconds before was now engulfed in dust and debris.At that moment, he thought he had lost her forever. Panic and despair swallowed him whole, so much that he could not make a sound. All he could do was claw at the gravel with his hands.“Cough… Cough…”Just as the dust settled slightly, Connor jerked his head up and saw Eliza pinned beneath a tall, burly male journalist who was protecting her. Both were covered in grime and coughing, but they appeared largely unharmed.The male journalist quickly s

She had changed out of her dust- and blood-stained clothes and into a simple beige knit sweater and jeans. Her hair was tied back, exposing a few minor scratches on her face, but her complexion looked much better. She stood there, watching him calmly, holding some flowers in her hand.A look of disbelief flashed in Connor’s eyes, and his heart pounded wildly against his chest, causing his wound to throb. However, he did not care.“Eliza…” His voice was terribly raspy, filled with the raw ecstasy of surviving a tragedy and the fragility of the moment. He reached out with a trembling hand, trying to catch hers. “You came to see me… You’re okay… That’s incredible… I knew it… I knew it…”Just as his hand was halfway out, Eliza took half a step back, avoiding his reach. His hand froze in midair.“I’m glad you’re awake, Mr. Hall,” Eliza said flatly, as if she were recounting a matter of official business that had nothing to do with her. “You saved my life. It is only fair that I thank

Connor watched the video, feeling an intense rage boil over, and his entire body trembled. His fists cracked as he clenched them tightly, veins popping on the back of his hands.“Sofia!” he hissed the name through gritted teeth. There was a terrifying, murderous glint in his eyes.“Where is she?” His voice was cold as ice.“U-Upstairs in your master bedroom…” Hazel whimpered through her tears. “She said that from now on, it’s going to be her room…”Without a word, Connor turned on his heel and strode upstairs, kicking the master bedroom door wide open.Sofia was lounging on their former king-sized bed, wearing Eliza’s silk nightgown. She also had a face mask while flipping through a fashion magazine.When she saw Connor, she was startled at first, but she immediately broke into a delighted smile. Peeling off the mask, she sat up. “Connor! You’re back! I was worried sick–”With all the strength he could muster, he slapped Sofia across the face!The force sent her tumbling of

The private jet took off once again, soaring through the clouds, toward the very place that had swallowed all of his hope. This time, Connor brought the top medical team and the most elite search-and-rescue squad, sparing no expense whatsoever.Stepping onto the soil of Evia once more, the war seemed even deadlier than before. However, Connor ignored every attempt to stop him. Disregarding his own unhealed injuries, he led the team to the site of the incident.It was a rugged mountain road, with a cliff on one side. The signs of a crash were clearly visible: charred vegetation, scattered car parts, and, at the edge of the cliff, harrowing drag marks and large patches of dried blood stains. Connor stood at the edge of the cliff, staring down into the bottomless, fog-shrouded river valley below. A sudden violent dizziness washed over him. It felt as if an invisible hand had seized his heart, squeezing so tightly that he could not breathe.“Go! Follow the river valley and search both