The Billionaire's Salvation: (The Billionaire's Obsession ~ Max) by J.S. Scott Page B

had been lucky enough to get another chance with the one woman who rocked his entire universe.
    They fell asleep entwined together, two pieces fit together perfectly. Max fell asleep in a world of total happiness and contentment.
    When he woke up in the morning, Mia was gone.

    It didn’t take Max long to panic. He hadn’t been concerned when he’d woken up to find his wife was already out of bed. The worry had started to set in when he couldn’t find her anywhere in the house.
    “Shit,” he mumbled under his breath as he opened the door that led to the beach. “Mia,” he bellowed, getting no reply. There was no sign she had gone outside. The back door had been locked, something she wouldn’t do if she had ventured out to the beach.
    Grabbing his cell phone, he checked with his security team, but she wasn’t with them, and nobody had seen her leave the house.
    Disconnecting, he hit another number, waiting impatiently as it rang.
    “This better be important. It’s early,” Kade’s rough, graveled voice answered.
    “Mia’s missing,” Max told him irritably. “Is she there?”
    “Hell no, she’s not here. I was sleeping. What happened?” Kade answered, sounding more alert.
    Max released a disappointed breath before he answered, “Nothing happened. She’s just not here. Nobody saw her leave. Neither of the cars is missing.” He froze as he entered the dining room and saw Mia’s phone, keys, and a piece of paper lying on the dining room table.
    “Hold on. I found something,” Max told Kade, cradling the phone between his shoulder and ear as he moved the keys and snatched up the paper. His eyes scanned the words quickly.
    Max,
    My memory finally returned and I remember everything. I left you voluntarily. I didn’t think our relationship was going well and I thought it was time to separate.
    I’ll have divorce papers served as soon as I can.
    Mia
    “What the fuck?” Max cursed violently into the phone, grabbing it as he tossed the note onto the table.
    “What? What happened?” Kade asked anxiously, totally awake now.
    “She’s left me. On purpose. She doesn’t want to be married anymore,” Max told him robotically, unable to comprehend the words Mia had written as he told Kade what was in the brief and impersonal note.
    “Bullshit,” Kade’s voice exploded through the phone. “She’s in love with you. You know she is.”
    “I can’t make her stay if she doesn’t want to,” Max answered, feeling like his heart was shattering. “She never wanted to be with me. She just didn’t remember.”
    “You never gave up on her, man. Not once. Don’t give up now. There’s something going on that we don’t know about,” Kade argued, sounding like he was getting dressed as he was speaking, his voice muffled.
    “Nobody forced her to write that note. Nobody is forcing her to leave. She made her fucking choice. Twice. Obviously she remembered that she didn’t love me,” Max uttered quietly, resigned. He’d spent years believing, never giving up, only to have her leave him once he’d found her again. To hell with her. He couldn’t do this anymore. He’d been deluding himself all along, thinking that Mia loved him the same way he loved her. She obviously…didn’t.
    “Max, you know her. You know this isn’t Mia. We need to figure out what’s going on,” Kade said urgently.
    Max plopped onto the couch, everything he’d always believed completely shattered. At that point, he didn’t know what to believe. All he knew was that he was imploding, and his whole world was being torn apart. “Truth is, maybe I never really knew her at all,” he replied brokenly.
    He disconnected the call and stared blankly at the opposite wall, trying to bury his emotions, trying to force them deep inside until he was completely numb. He knew if he didn’t, he’d never survive.

K ade Harrison entered his brother Travis’ office at Harrison Corporation without knocking, shoving against the solid oak hard