Chapter 596

Broderick Ackerley pulled Leslie Green tightly into his arms once more. "Leslie, where did you go? Promise me, don't just vanish like that ever again. Wherever you're going, take me with you. We'll go together." Leslie playfully flicked his nose. "Are you spouting nonsense again? How could you just drop everything? There's Sienna, Miles, Grandpa and Grandma. They all still need you." Broderick didn’t argue. The time Leslie had been away felt like hell for him. He buried himself in work like a robot, completely hollow, as if his soul had left with her. He’d already started focusing on training Miles, getting him ready to take over the family business someday. That way, if something ever happened to him, there’d be no loose ends. And he? He just wanted to follow Leslie—to the ends of the earth, if that’s what it took. "Let’s let Grandpa and Grandma know something at least," Leslie said. Broderick nodded and quickly sent a message. Just as he hit send, his head started to throb at the tho