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 who can

this, the

"Are you kidding?"

A kid can

even be cured by the world's

you say can save Mom? Lavinia, do you think this is a funny

...

in the Lancaster family questioned, even mocking

here to treat Mom. If anything goes

family and directly asked Lavinia, "Did you bring what I need?" Lavinia nodded. "I

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

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

when another voice interrupted. "You

smooth and nonchalant, even before its owner

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

a dozen bodyguards stood in respectful formation, their presence a

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