Chapter 2 - Disappearance and Appearance

Its been three years already that the news of the Billionaire wife burnt car was found ruined and hard to distinguished near the newly built bridge connecting the Imperial Capital City and the foreign country outside where only rich researcher dared to live in and settle down.

In these three years, many things happened, many things had changed, and of course with no presence of the previous little girl who normally like such a change. 

A lonely figure was seen walking towards a particular room, his body was extremely powerful, broad and full of muscles at first glance, but he also excluded a gloomy aura, like an abandoned spirit, wandering in the mortal world but still preserved holding a hope that he could still meet the one who made him like this.

Zachandro walk to his and his former wife room, he took a seat to the soft and fluffy mattress he and his former wife used only in weekdays when they had free time on hand and do the most intimate scenes that a married couple normally should do.

He reached for the small frame that framed him and her former wife wedding photo, the little girl on it was just around 15 years old, still living in school, while he was already in his twenties, working and having own a company and even have a title on top of his head. 

The little girl on the wedding photo was happily smiling, her bright and dark eyes was unusually bright, brimming with joy from having to get married to the man she had long longed and wished for to marry in her life but on the contrary of the little girl clasping the man left arm with joy, the man was expressionless as ever, not even showing a little bit of curl in his thin lips, Zachandro, remembering the scenes of events that happened after taking a wedding photo with the little girl in the past almost broke the wedding photo only using his hands but stopped in time with great restraint.

He placed the wedding photo properly close to the lamp and the green vine bulging outside of his hands was slightly relaxed but didn’t dissipate like he expected. 

He rubbed his temples hard as a ringtone that he specially placed on his important calls rang, he stood and hurriedly grabs his phone, looking at the caller, sure enough, it was a ‘private detective’ he hired for investigating his wife original whereabouts.

Yes, it is. 

After finding out in the next day that Xiara, his former wife after signing the divorcement paper left their home was dead, he didn’t believe it at all but secretly investigated because he doesn’t get to see a corpse inside the car or even a an ash that could be used to his former wife funeral, so despite of the complaints and rude words that was closely acquainted or even a former colleagues of his wife that had a good relationship with them, he doesn’t made a funeral for his ex-wife that no matter where to look, was very rude and without any manners to the dead, even he thought that even though he doesn’t believe such a thing as the death of his ex-wife, he finds his manner very rude too and decisive.

He severed his relationship with Ophellia before it got too deep the next day, he doesn’t know what he was feeling at that time but he knew that he can’t let Xiara go, so he tried his best to search personally and visited a lot of country just to find where was his Xiara is.

“Hello?” his cold voice quivered, with a hint of anticipation and carried a hint of excitement, he asked the caller with an almost enthusiastic tone that the caller on the other line felt flattered, the old bones of the caller arch slightly and reported something, completely doing his duty without flaw like a professional private detective should do.

“I have found a trace on what you shown me in the picture Sir-“he was cut off for the first time by his usually cold and silent client at the other line as Zachandro opened his lips and shrieked out his words in excitement, 

“Where is she now?” the private detective coughed to hide the snicker in his tone that Zachandro once again calmed down and regained his composure in just a matter of seconds but still he insisted and opened his lips to ask once again,

“Where is she now?” he spit out those words in a cold voice but carried with a lot of eagerness that the old caller stuck out his tongue but still dutifully answered, 

“I don’t know where are they now as they normally take a trip to everywhere while keeping their whereabouts strictly private, but I manage to catch some things. 

I will deliver the documents to you now in mail, please check your mail Sir”

“Okay” then he hang up and reached for the white laptop originally thrown at the side of the white and soft sofa and waited for a few seconds, the old caller who was hang up was silent for a while stuck out his tongue once again but still obediently process some things in his computer, his fingers flew in a slow but also fast speed and finally sent it to Zachandro who was supposed to wait for a few seconds now turned into minutes.

Impatient, he remembered the old caller and was planning to deduct some of the private detective salary but he didn’t hold grudges for too long when a document was finally sent to his mail by knowing through the sudden ding of the notifications in his laptop.

After seeing the information inside the document the private detective sent to him, he squinted his eyes and curled up his lips gently as his fair but rough fingers because of working for years trace the arrogant smiling of a woman that only turned twenty.

“I finally found you” he whispered, then the words was carried by the wind, leaving only silence in the room, but instead of gloomy atmosphere like before, it now had a sweet atmosphere like had never been before.