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No Longer Shadow Of My Sister: Divorcing The CEO
No Longer Shadow Of My Sister: Divorcing The CEO
Author: Purple Acacia

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last update Last Updated: 2024-08-22 23:05:30

Shadow gets lost when there is so much light on its owner. But One sided light can make its existence distinct.

Dawn Clinton is an adopted child who has been living as the shadow of her adoptive sister. She has a vague memory of her adoptive sister, Spring Clinton who has been missing for ten years.

However, like a blessing, she was married to the richest CEO in the city who was supposed to be her sister's fiancé six years ago.

Although she was the replacement for her sister and her husband is yet to accept her fully. After six years of marriage, she can't deny the fact that she has been happier. She couldn't have been happier than she is now. After two years of marriage, she was gifted with an adorable son. Tomorrow he is going to be 4 years old. She can't stop planning the birthday party.

However, to add a cherry on top, Dawn now looks at the pregnancy test on her hand.

Her face turns red and warm. She can't help but feel excited to see her husband as soon as possible and surprise him with the big news.

" Madam! It's time for Young Master to attend his piano lesson!"

Her son's nanny, who has been working since he was a baby, knocks on the door.

" Coming!" Dawn shouts from the bathroom and hides the pregnancy kit under the brush holder. She hurriedly enters her son's room and looks around. But he is nowhere to be found.

" Nancy! Where is Asher? He isn't in his room!" She grabs the phone and walks out of her son's room. " Did you see him playing in the garden again? I told that kid not to go to the garden at this hour!"

Rubbing her forehead, she walks towards the Garden. Nancy in the meantime goes around the yard and pool area. All the workers are on break after decorating the hall room and a load of work for tomorrow's party. They'll be returning home tomorrow early in the morning for preparation. So, Only Nancy and Dawn are the ones who need to search for him.

Dawn has full confidence that she will find her naughty boy in the garden. He likes to plant flower plants. Like his paternal grandpa, he has embraced it as his hobby.

Also Dawn can't deny that she has been enabling him with a lot of more plants so that he can enjoy greening the yard.

However, as Dawn looks around, calling Asher repeatedly, she finds no response at all.

The painful sting in her heart gives her a cruel alert.

" Nancy!!!" She shouts, seeing Nancy's back behind the fountain on the yard. " Go to the Monitor room and see where he is! right now!"

Nancy rushes inside like a bird, trying to catch up with her breath as well.

Dawn feels nauseous and lightheadedness at some point after looking for her son. She gasps to suck some air in and calm herself. Her belly hurts as well. But she can't help but feel horrible. A mother's heart knows these feelings. It's bad. She can't help but shake constantly.

" Ma'am! There is no one around. No footage of Young Master leaving the house either!"

Hearing her words, Dawn's stomach churns. She runs inside, thinking he must be stuck in some closet or study rooms.

Holding her breath, she looks around everywhere, from the closet to the secret library that her husband has behind his actual library. Everywhere, bathroom to kitchen, rooftop to basement. Everywhere. But she can't find her adorable son who never leaves her side for a few seconds. He likes gardening. But there is no way he will leave. The main gate has CCTV as well. Then why?

Unable to stand after searching everywhere for an hour, Dawn collapses. Her eyes slowly shed the tears that she has been holding. She slowly reaches out to her phone and search for the name registered as " My Love"

She presses the calling button as drop of tears falling on the screen. " Please - Please pick up!"

She feels ashamed of thinking that her husband will actually pick up. Because her husband never picks up her calls. She needs to go through her husband's assistant.

But today, she begs. She wants to tell her husband by herself. However, the phone call gets constantly rejected.

" Please! I beg you. This time, only this time..." She sobs, hugging her knees. However at the end, her calls go straight to voicemail.

Her shoulders drop as she sobs heartbreakingly. She looks at Nancy who is standing before her with tearful eyes.

" Not even in garage! My Lady!"

This is the last straw for her. She finds herself being drowned and suffocated. An intense pain in her stomach makes her cough. She grabs Nancy's hand and begs, " Call your master. Please... He isn't picking up my calls. Please!"

Nancy nods instantly, dialing the number of the owner of this house. She puts it on speaker and holds before Dawn knowing that he sometimes picks Nancy's calls regarding his son. However instead of getting a response from him, she hears a female voice.

" Whoever you are, Stop being a bitch! All nonsense!"

Dawn's shaky body and dilated pupils look at Nancy, tears falling down her red cheeks as she tries to gasp the situation. She doesn't know why she finds this voice familiar.

She grabs her phone for instance, dialing the security team to search everywhere once again. She can't trust her own search. She needs confirmation.

Two groups of searching teams soon arrive. One is searching around the house and another one is outside. They must find him before it's too late.

Dawn grabs her lower abdomen as it's been hurting so much. She has entirely forgotten about her pregnancy and the happiness she felt earlier.

She thought she despite being neglected by her husband emotionally, she was happy with her son and everyone here. After all, she was happy to have her own family.

She sits leaning her back against the wall. Devastated and scared, she keeps begging, crying. She doesn't want to lose her only happiness that makes her strong enough to live. Her entire life, her family and husband never acknowledged her as their family. She thought for once, she had her happiness with her son.

" Don't be scared! My son! Don't be scared. Mama will find you!"

She grabs the lights once again, from her bedroom to the garage, she searches once again. Garden to pool... She swims in the pool to find if he was there. She searches in the fountain if by chance he got hit and fell into it. The Bushes to the backyard garden where he never goes because of snakes. He is scared of snakes.

Everywhere she can imagine.

After another failure, she grabs her car keys and drives her own car.

They have a lot of cars since her husband is so fond of cars. She checked each of them without leaving a single spot.

After driving down to the road, she goes to the nearby park, the woods, the lake where the search team is already trying to find him. Asking the neighbours to checking their backyard... Nearby gardens and public spot...

But he is nowhere to be found...

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