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After Lilica ran away, Lilienne made her way towards Kazuya's office. She entered the room and put down the coffee she had bought for him.

"Hey, Kazuya. Do you know what happened to Lilica? I was talking to her just now and she just ran away." Lilienne asked curiously.

"...She was here?" Kazuya asked, alerted. He had cleared his schedule for the day as he was unable to focus on his work. His mind was filled with Lilica.

"Yeah. But she just ran away. Did you do something to upset her?" Lilienne replied.

"I need to go!" Kazuya stood up abruptly and left Lilienne standing there.

'This time, I'll be the one who finds her.' Kazuya thought to himself as he thought of places she could have gone to.

For some reason, he found himself at the hotel they had spent their first night together. He went inside the hotel and wanted to book the room they had shared, room 2608. However, the room was already checked in. Kazuya thought for a while and asked who it was. The hotel operator said that refused to tell him, saying they had to protect their customers' privacy.

"At least tell me what the person looks like." Kazuya asked, feeling hopeful. He had hoped that she would think of their first night too.

"It was a beautiful blonde woman. I think she's a foreigner. Her pair of eyes were a deep violet, sucking people in. She had light make up on her and was wearing the uniform of Valen Corporation. She was thin and had a model like body." The male operator didn't mention that Lilica looked distress. He guessed that this man was actually chasing after her so he wanted to help the woman. The man in front of him had a majestic aura, probably a big shot or some powerful young master. The operator couldn't risk offending the man so he had to describe her appearance.

Kazuya noticed that the operator's tone was strange. There was a mix of fear, worry and admiration. The man was probably attracted to her already. It was funny that the operator knew about his company's uniform but didn't know what the boss looked like. But then again, Valen Corporation's boss didn't like appearing in front of many people.

Kazuya was quite impatient. He wanted to find Lilica as fast as possible and ask her what was wrong. He still didn't know why she had taken today off.

"Give me the keys to the room." Kazuya demanded coldly.

"I'm sorry, sir. We need to protect our customers' privacy."

Kazuya didn't want to use his title to pressure people but he had to, if he wanted to find Lilica.

"One of my employees is missing from work and apparently she's here. I will say it for the last time. Give me the keys!" Kazuya said coldly, threatening the poor operator.