Chapter 3

Everyone's attention snapped to the doorway.

The girl standing there couldn't have been more than twenty. She wore a baseball cap, a simple t-shirt, and straight-leg jeans. She looked fresh and casual, but to the Lancaster family, she seemed somewhat shabby.-

"Who is she? How did she get in here?" Jonas sprang to his feet, questioning.

Lavinia, however, was practically vibrating with excitement. "Miranda! It's you! You're back!"

Miranda glanced at Lavinia, a slight smile tugging at her lips. "To be precise, I'm out."

Seeing Lavinia so enthused left everyone else in the room bewildered. Lavinia, known for her composure,

was visibly shaken by this girl's appearance. Who was she, exactly?

The Lancaster family exchanged puzzled looks.

"Lavinia, do you know her?" Susan asked suspiciously. "Is she your daughter from somewhere?"

smiled at Miranda. "She is the one

the Lancaster family

"Are you kidding?"

kid can save

illness can't even be cured by the world's top experts, and

This is who you say can save Mom? Lavinia, do you think

...

in the Lancaster family questioned, even mocking Lavinia's

serious. "I asked Miranda here to treat Mom. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full

you bring what I need?" Lavinia nodded. "I always have it with

to her secretary, who promptly retrieved a mahogany box from an elegant bag. Miranda took the box and opened it, revealing

treat Mom? Are you out of your mind?" Jonas stepped forward to block her. Miranda glanced at him. "I said

family was about to protest further when another voice interrupted. "You

and nonchalant, even before its owner appeared, exuding a sort of

wore a perfectly tailored designer suit. His features were strikingly handsome, almost too perfectly

stood in respectful formation, their presence a clear warning to keep

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