Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 193: Mr. Farrell, All Your Residences in Ensford Have Been Destroyed

Marie breathed a sigh of relief. Tina gently stroked Sophia's soft hair and asked her, "Sophia, do you blame me? For not choosing to rescue you first, but instead saving my student?" Sophia shook her head earnestly. "Tina, I don't blame you. I know whatever decision you make is the right one. Besides, to save me by sacrificing forty-seven others is too cruel and terrifying. If I were in your place, I would have made the same choice as you."

Tina's eyes moistened slightly, comforted yet saddened by Sophia's maturity-too much for a child her age, already understanding sacrifice and virtue.

"Tina," Marie consoled, "Initially, I was a bit resentful when I heard about it. But after thinking it over, if it weren't for you, Sophia would have succumbed to the poison long ago. Furthermore, forty-seven young lives about to take their exams-I, too, couldn't have chosen Sophia for my own selfish reasons."

She patted Tina's shoulder, adding, "I believe Jared thinks the same. We don't hold this against you."

"Thank you." Tina nodded, more moved than ever. The disaster had targeted her, and she had no defense against the accusations from the forty-seven students of Class 22D or Sophia's family. Yet, they had not. They chose to stand by her. After administering some calming medicine to Sophia, Tina handed her the cake prepared by Jared Farrell.

"Wow, cake!" Sophia's eyes lit up, eager to open it.

"Eating too much will give you cavities," Marie interjected.

Sophia's lips puckered in a pout, looking accusingly at Marie as if she was being unreasonably cruel.

"Let her have a little to settle her stomach; it's not good to take medicine on an empty stomach," Tina smiled, helping Sophia unpack the cake.

"Alright then," Marie conceded.

smile returned, and she secretly gestured a victorious 'yes' to Tina with

into eating the cake and taking her medicine, they left Sophia's bedroom. Tina was still concerned about Cole Lyon, who had been rushed to the hospital, unsure if Dexter Brookes had managed everything properly. Worrying that Sophia might have a restless night after the day's shocks, Marie, despite

annoyance at Marie, yet her small hands clung tightly around Marie's waist-a

to the living room, she saw Jared Farrell sitting upright

coffee table in front of Jared was a pot of freshly brewed Da Hong Pao tea and ten cups. The overhead light cast deep shadows across his chiseled features, adding to his refined, aloof appearance. Tina paused at the staircase, admiring not just the man's looks but his oddly formal tea-drinking posture, which seemed more

you having tea with ghosts?" Tina

unable to confess that he had been expecting Hayden Cohen and Tina's

were supposed to come for me, weren't they?" Jared

they wouldn't easily let Jared

Lyon, who had fortunately taken her life-saving pill before

didn't dwell on it. "I have a

come with you, then we can head back to Blue Cove together," Jared stood up, about to

Cove apartments and demolished two apartments?! Who dares to mess

and Jared were

and he switched lines, only to explode again, "What! Someone threw a stink bomb into Mr. Farrell's villa in