THE 24-HOUR SEARCH
READING AGE 18+
When billionaire Prince Adams loses the last person he considers family, grief pulls him into a deep loneliness that only his best friend can see. At a desperate suggestion, Prince Adams considers marriage—not for love, but for companionship. A chance encounter brings him to Merilyn, a lively, sarcastic young woman from a struggling household. What begins as a joke—her saying she’d rather marry a rich man than find a job—turns unexpectedly real when Prince Adams proposes in front of her stunned parents. Despite their worlds being complete opposites, the two marry and settle into a modest apartment she insists on, far from his cold mansion. For two years, they build an imperfect but warm life, shadowed only by their inability to have a child. Prince Adams remains hopeful, but Merilyn grows frustrated, withdrawn, and easily angered, her dreams of motherhood slipping away. Every morning, Prince Adams watches her leave the compound through the window—a routine that becomes his quiet reassurance that she is okay in the marriage and is not pretending to be comfortable. Until the day she doesn’t come out the compound. She walks out the door but never is seen at the gate.Now, with only 24 hours before the truth becomes dangerously unclear, Prince Adams must search every corner, every hidden space, and every secret within the walls of the apartment complex. As time ticks away, he begins to uncover not just clues to Merilyn's disappearance, but the depths of her emotions…and the parts of their marriage he never truly saw.
Unfold
Late at night, heavy rain hammered the earth as trees bent against the storm. Inside her dim bedroom, a woman stood silently by the window, wrapped in a duvet and holding a warm cup of coffee. She stared at the rain, lost in her thoughts.
Another woman entered and gently told her that her daughter had woken up and was asking for her……
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