Cephus' POV

Chapter 144

Cephus’ POV

She looks normal, although there’s nothing normal about her roaming around.

And she knows that.

I look at the time stamp.

This happened a few moments ago.

“She’s gone,” I say, pushing up and yanking my suit jacket off the back of my chair before putting it on.

“Where are you going?” Vito asks.

“I’m going after her.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know,” I say, shrugging and sliding my pack of cigarettes into my pocket.

I fucking hate this shit.

I take it out and push it back into the drawer.

They look at me when I lift my gaze.

“I don’t need you.”

“Are you serious, Boss?”

“Yes. I fucking am. There is so much going on right now that me going after that fucking girl matters to no one.”

With that, they stay behind while I head straight to my suite.

* * *

First, I check her room.

There are things in my head. Things I couldn’t say out loud.

So, I want to make sure I was right about her and didn’t lose my touch.

I walk in and make a beeline for her room without as much as glancin