Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 562: Rachel Arrives

Jared watched Tina enter the building before he started his car and drove away. On the road, he called Nathan. "Check on the Brookes family, leave no stone unturned, not even a dog, especially those who are dead or missing," he instructed. Nathan didn't ask further, simply acknowledged, and hung up the phone. Jared comforted Tina outwardly but harbored doubts within himself. Since it involved the Brookes family, Tina was deeply connected. After all, the person who altered Tina's paternity test had not yet been found.

The next day, Jared was waiting downstairs at Tina's house early in the morning, and she came out promptly, unusually not oversleeping. "My mom made you breakfast, try it." As Tina got into the car, Jared handed her a food box. Inside, the so-called breakfast was a cream bun stuffed with butter-fried egg, accompanied by a few slices of tomato. Tina took a bite; the taste was surprisingly good. "Did Marie make this herself?" she asked while eating. Jared sighed silently, "Sort of. The cream buns were cut by her hand, but the eggs were fried by my dad, since my mom turned all the eggs in the fridge to carbon."

Tina could picture that scene; in fact, she often did the same! Eventually, Jennie couldn't stand it anymore and banned her from the kitchen. Soon after, they arrived at the Brookes family home. Before they even entered, they heard crying from inside. But, it wasn't Kiki or Mimi, nor Scarlett. The two walked in and immediately understood upon seeing the sports car parked in the yard. Brandon had arrived. And he wasn't alone, as the crying was from a woman; Brandon himself couldn't cry.

Scarlett was outside studying a strawberry cake, having finally mastered the art of separating egg whites from yolks. Seeing Tina, she hurried over. "What's going on?" Tina asked. Scarlett touched her nose, "Wait a bit before going in, it's quite messy inside, she's been crying all morning." Clearly, Scarlett was quite annoyed by the crying. Scarlett was usually easy-going, never showing displeasure or coldness towards anyone. It was rare for someone to annoy her to this extent. Tina didn't insist and sat in the yard, watching Scarlett continue her experiment with the cream ratio.

Before long, a shout came from outside the gate. "Is that my dear niece arriving? Uncle Brandon saw your car!" Scarlett looked up, "Your Uncle Brandon's here; he's been fussing about wanting to see you. I told him you'd be here today, and that finally calmed him down. Really annoying." Although Scarlett spoke with annoyance, her face still wore a smile, starkly contrasting the crying from inside the house. Brand approached Tina, holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and various pastries in the other, "Niece, long time no see, missed your uncle?"

"Yes, I missed you," Tina smiled, just as she was about to take the flowers from Brandon, Jared intercepted them. What a joke, how could he just watch Tina take flowers from another man! Even if it was her uncle. Brandon looked at Jared appreciatively, "Hmm, you've got my style! A jealous man is a good man!"

Jack had had enough. "Brandon, that's enough. Go inside and take a look around before people start thinking something's wrong with our family."

Scarlett nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Brandon, stop fooling around and do something useful."

Brandon sighed. "Scarlett, you'll never get this cake right!"

unwhipped cream all

Fortunately, he ran fast.

laughed out loud. Uncle Brandon really had no

minute after Brandon went inside,

beside him. Grandpa Brookes, seeing Tina, smiled even more broadly.

behind him. "This is Rachel, my adopted daughter, four

Tina warmly. "Tina, I'm your aunt. I mentioned visiting you when you were last in Clearwater, but your Uncle Brandon said you were busy, so I didn't come. I'm glad we finally meet." Tina frowned slightly; she disliked being hugged by a

Grandpa Brookes, she

"Hello," Tina greeted.

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Tina's hand warmly, as if looking at her own niece. "Tina has grown up to be so beautiful, really looks a lot like

only six when Alina was still here. Do

the house is full of Alina's photos. How could I forget?" Rachel complained, sitting down next to Grandpa Brookes.

care of your own wife; how can you

showed embarrassment, especially since Brandon's comment

keeping Tina close to his

Rachel but knew Tina disliked strangers getting too close, and Rachel's overly