Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 337: Zackary Bullied

With Annabelle's permission, under the pretense of tutoring Zackary, Lily began to visit Whispering Pines frequently. The Reed family was somewhat surprised to see her so often, but out of respect for the old lady, no one objected. "Zackary, do this problem," Lily said, flipping through his textbook out of boredom and tossing an exercise book in front of him. Zackary was still very young and couldn't even do basic arithmetic. Looking at the exercises, she felt like a joke. What was she doing here, a medical genius admired by everyone, teaching a child how to count? If it weren't for her ulterior motives, she would never have endured this.

"Miss Ward," Zackary said hesitantly, holding the third-grade exercise book, "I don't know how..."

"Stupid," Lily scolded him, closing the book. "If it weren't for your sister Tina, do you think you could stay with the Reed family? You have no relation to them. A distant relative trying to cling to the main family-what a joke!" Zackary bit his lip in grievance, tears welling up in his eyes.

"And you still have the nerve to cry?" Lily sneered. "Just like your sister, pretending to be pitiful to disgust people. Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I'm as gullible as the Reed family?"

As she spoke, she pinched Zackary hard in frustration. "It's all because of your sister! She took everything that belonged to me! You both deserve nothing!"

Zackary winced in pain but still defended Tina. "My sister isn't like that! You can't say bad things about her! She's good to me! She's good in every way!"

The more Zackary defended Tina, the angrier Lily became. Why did everyone think Tina was so great? Muff and Logan favored her, and Jared treated her like a treasure. "Shut up!" Lily shouted furiously.

Zackary stubbornly stared at her, tears streaming down his face.

"Zackary, come have some fruit!" At that moment, Annabelle and a servant entered the room and saw what was happening. "What's going on here? Why is he crying?"

The servant placed the fruit on the table while Annabelle quickly walked over to wipe Zackary's tears. "Zackary, tell Grandma why you're crying."

"I..." Zackary started to speak honestly but stopped when Lily shot him a fierce glare.

He closed his mouth in fear and turned his head away.

with feigned concern. "Zackary couldn't solve

know how to do it, take your time learning. Miss Ward is very capable; if you study with

a threatening look in her eyes directed

Annabelle patted Zackary's head. "Study well; Grandma will have your favorite snacks ready after

nodded timidly but didn't dare

with the servant, leaving only Lily and Zackary

"Just like that. If you dare

in fear and

A few days later...

nearby counties, twenty infants had gone missing. These areas were impoverished, and each county had lost several children. The local authorities didn't know about the GTO organization and treated it

children but didn't know GTO's exact location or if they would target other regions next. Most importantly, they didn't know how many

However, despite their efforts, neither Tina nor Jared could locate him. Even Callum Maguire and Snow Judd had tried

result, they reported the matter

to the Reed family just in time for lunch. As she entered, she

over and sat next to

smiled at her. "Tina, we haven't seen

before responding briefly to Annabelle's question. "Yes,

touch Zackary's head, but he flinched away

softly, "Zackary, how have you

replied in such a low voice that Tina could barely hear him even though she was

eyes darkened as she looked at him and then scanned everyone at the table

stare toward Annabelle and asked sharply, "Who bullied Zackary while I was

weekend reading?