Chapter 124

Delilah's POV:

I was attending my third class of the day when I received a text message from Xee in which he informed me that he was about to go to the cottage now and suggested that I and Adeline should meet him outside the campus after the end of the classes.

I met Adeline at the university gates. She too was all tensed up to know about any new update. Luckily, we didn't have to wait for much longer as a shiny, black car halted in front of us.

As soon as his door opened, my breath got stuck in my lungs. I was excited as well as dreading to know what happened at the cottage. Did he find Dorian? Any traces of him? Any idea where he could have been?

Adeline clutched my hand tightly as she too was waiting for the moment of truth. I swallowed hard as Xee's tall and bulky frame got out of the car and just by looking at his stiff shoulders, my own slouched down. Looking into my eyes, he shook his head in denial. My heart sank in my chest cavity as I thought more and more about Dorian. My i