CHAPTER 170: CHAPTER 168 CITYWIDE SEARCH [1 MORE]

But seeing Liam Spencer’s furious expression, he asked nonchalantly: "Are you jealous?"

Before Liam Spencer could answer his question, he continued: "Maya Spencer turned to me, so you’re jealous? Liam, I didn’t expect you to actually play with fire."

The man’s two sentences left Liam Spencer embarrassed. Was he really jealous? How could it be possible? Who was Liam Spencer to be jealous?

So he smiled indifferently at Lillian Morris, as if to say that it was absolutely impossible.

But the more he laughed, the more it seemed like he was trying to hide his feelings.

However, he knew better than anyone that he was indeed uneasy. And this unease, to put it bluntly, was jealousy - he couldn’t stand Maya Spencer getting along well with another man, and it made him very unhappy.

Lillian Morris looked at his concealing smile, took a deep breath, and solemnly promised: "Don’t worry! I won’t become your rival in love."

"I hope so!" Liam Spencer’s immediate response gave everything away.

Then he turned and walked out of the door; being alone with another man, he wasn’t used to it. The only person he wanted to be with alone was Maya Spencer.

Lillian Morris watched Liam Spencer’s departing figure and kindly reminded him: "Maya Spencer is actually very fragile; don’t think about conquering her. Treat her well and shower her with affection; she will feel it."

Lillian Morris’s description of Liam Spencer’s feelings for Maya Spencer hit the nail on the head. Liam indeed wanted to conquer her and make her obediently stay by his side.

His desire for control was too strong, whether it was power, money, status, or her - he wanted to master them all.

Yet he never realized that love is uncontrollable.

After leaving Lillian Morris’s apartment, Liam Spencer returned to Owen Clan Group. He had not closed his eyes for three days and two nights. Without finding Maya Spencer, he couldn’t rest peacefully.

When he learned that Maya Spencer had gone for a prenatal checkup alone, he couldn’t help but feel heartache. Her pregnancy symptoms were already severe, and the doctor had previously mentioned her low blood sugar. At this moment, Liam Spencer couldn’t help but wonder if Maya Spencer fainted with no one noticing, which was why she didn’t return to Lillian Morris’s apartment.

Thinking about this, he made a call to Lillian Morris, inquiring if there were any signs before Maya Spencer left.

Lillian Morris looked at Liam Spencer’s worrying expression and finally told him about the note Maya Spencer left, letting him know that she had planned to leave in advance.

In his office, Liam Spencer was restless and eager to see Maya Spencer, wanting to see her safe and sound.

So almost every half hour, he would call Elijah Reed to inquire about the progress.

Even when he first took over Owen Clan Group, he had never been so desperate to achieve his goal.

On the other end of the phone, Elijah Reed looked at the BOSS’s death-urging calls and shook his head helplessly, then patiently explained: "BOSS, I’m still reviewing at the hospital here, but there are too many hospitals in S City, and it’s deep into the night now, so the efficiency isn’t high."

"Hmm! Notify me immediately if there’s any news!" After hanging up, Liam Spencer slammed the phone onto the desk, lightly clenched his right hand into a fist, pressing it against his tightly pursed lips.

His anxiety was hard to conceal, even his eyebrows reminded him that he was worried about Maya Spencer, very worried.

Time passed by the minute, and reports of all pregnancy checks in S City that day were submitted, yet Maya Spencer’s information was absent.

Listening to Elijah Reed’s report, Liam Spencer took a deep breath and said: "Take her photo to the doctors for identification; search ward by ward."

Based on Elijah Reed’s report, Liam Spencer speculated that Maya Spencer should be hiding in a hospital. His intuition told him she was blatantly hiding in the hospital, thinking the safest place is often the most dangerous place. Since she could find Lillian Morris, she would definitely be hiding in a hospital.

Liam Spencer’s guess was spot on; Maya Spencer indeed thought so and was indeed in the hospital.

After Elijah Reed hung up the phone, he immediately restarted the city-wide search mode. Each search team member stored Maya Spencer’s photo in their phones to conduct the search.

At the city’s primary hospital, the nurse on duty saw Elijah Reed’s furious expression and was scared so much that her legs went weak. Seeing the photo on Elijah Reed’s phone made her break out in a cold sweat, her legs trembling.

Usually, she wouldn’t be worried; after all, Elijah Reed didn’t have a bad demeanor and was quite handsome. But now it was late at night, he was searching for pregnant women, and he had a group of followers behind him, which made her inevitably fearful.

"Did this girl come during the day? Send the photo to your daytime colleagues and check."

The girl listened to Elijah Reed’s command, quickly grabbed her phone, and started to take action. She sent the photo in the work group chat, asking colleagues. With prior hospital notification, even off-duty doctors and nurses were waiting for the search commotion in the hospital. Upon receiving the message, everyone was rapidly functioning their brains to recall if they had accommodated Maya Spencer.

Thus, in just three minutes, everyone replied, individually indicating they had not accommodated Maya Spencer.

Elijah Reed looked at the chat records on the girl’s phone, frowned deeply, and threatened: "You better hope I don’t find her in a ward, or the hospital will be shut down." After speaking, he led his assistants to start searching the wards.

Due to Liam Spencer’s particular concern about Maya Spencer’s departure, Elijah Reed accompanied him in this fuss for days and nights, feeling invigorated like he was charged with adrenaline.

Elijah Reed felt sympathetic towards Maya Spencer; no matter when, he always sided with her, speaking for her. When she went missing, he was worried too and hoped to find her quickly. Only seeing her safe and sound would put his mind at ease.

In the corridor, the nurse on duty looked at Elijah Reed as he walked closer to Maya Spencer’s ward and felt her heart almost jump out of her chest.

She silently followed behind Elijah Reed, opening the door for him to conduct the search. However, the search personnel didn’t spare any corners, even searching the wardrobe.

The nurse watched them search so meticulously, her legs went weak from fright. Leaving the fourth ward, she leaned wearily against the wall, remaining motionless.

Seeing the nurse’s timidity, Elijah Reed clearly felt she was guilty, so he grabbed her shoulder and pulled her up from the wall, asking: "Is Miss Spencer in your hospital or not?"

The nurse listened to Elijah Reed’s questioning, swallowed nervously, and quickly shook her head in denial.

Observing the delicate nurse’s response, Elijah Reed squinted at her for a few moments before releasing her, saying: "You better hope I don’t find out you’re lying."

The nurse heard his intimidation, quickly shook her head, and then watched him move forward to the next ward - Maya Spencer’s ward.

Watching Elijah Reed push open the door, the nurse turned around in fright, quickly returning to her workstation, sitting on her chair in a daze.

Her behavior almost confirmed for Elijah Reed that Maya Spencer was indeed in this hospital, perhaps even in the room he was about to search. So he instructed: "Search this ward carefully."