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?"

and smiled at Miranda. "She is the one who

the Lancaster family

"Are you kidding?"

A kid can

you been deceived? Mom's illness can't even be cured by the world's top experts, and

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

...

to the younger ones, everyone in the Lancaster family questioned, even

serious. "I asked Miranda here to treat Mom. If

Lavinia, "Did you

her secretary, who promptly retrieved a mahogany box from an elegant bag. Miranda took the box and opened it, revealing nine slender silver needles no thicker than strands of hair. Satisfied, Miranda asked as

really letting her treat Mom? Are you out of your mind?" Jonas stepped forward

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

voice was smooth and nonchalant, even before its owner appeared, exuding a sort

masculine charisma. The newcomer, likely in his early twenties, wore a perfectly tailored designer suit. His features were strikingly handsome, almost too perfectly

a dozen bodyguards stood in respectful formation,

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