Emma's chuckle broke the silence in the room. Leon's eyebrows slightly raised, surprised by how her serious tone when talking about her mother suddenly shifted to her smiling and chuckling.
"I'm just joking. Why do you look so serious? It's not like you actually know where she is, right?" she said, her tone a mix of humor and longing. Deep down, part of her hoped he truly did know where her mother was. If he did, she could finally ask the question that had haunted her for years: why her mother had left her without a word, abandoning her to face the reality of being the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy billionaire, Allan Whitmore.
The silence from Leon made her eyebrows furrow. "You actually know?!" she asked, her voice laced with suspicion.
But then, he shook his head. "If you're asking where she is, I can't answer that. The best people to ask are your family—they might know."
