Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 736: Only Spectre Can Save Dad

Woods stood behind him, scratching his itchy face. "Miss, maybe we should go back," he suggested. Tina was a smart woman, that was clear to see.

Even if she hadn't noticed something was amiss, Jared surely would have sensed something was off.

He didn't understand what she was thinking.

She had only dropped Elsa off at the suburban mall and then went off to suffer in this place by herself.

Who would actually come looking for them?

Woods looked down, cursing in his mind, yet he dared not speak the truth aloud.

Ella Bailey was growing impatient.

It was nearly four or five in the afternoon and still no one had come. Frustrated, she shouted, "Looks like we have to use that method. Let's not wait any longer! We're leaving, and we'll deal with Tina later!" A day later, at the Pace family home.

Ruud had been busy with affairs at the X Bureau and rarely came home.

His father was taking a nap in his room, and he let him be.

He went upstairs alone, opened his father's bedroom door, and saw the old man lying on a rocking chair, eyes closed, resting.

Boris, sitting beside the old man, turned around when he heard the noise.

masked his

his hand to stop him mid-sentence, "Father is sleeping, keep

flickering with impatience, but outwardly he nodded respectfully,

hands were nervously clasped

gaze fell on his father's face, his expression

you say over the phone that Dad was recovering well?

In the sunlight.

so pale it was nearly

lips were chapped, and the cheeks that once had some flesh had

he had just woken up

this world at any moment; if not for Ruud still feeling the old man's faint

cold sweat, "Bro, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's all because of father, he didn't want to disturb

what that kid really thinks? Especially his wife, it took the Reed family a long time to find out she was their daughter,

up, trying to read whether Ruud was angry or pleased, and continued, "It was the supplements that Jared brought that poisoned him initially. Now, seeing the toxins still in his system, his health declines day by day. I think, only Spectre might be able

"Spectre?"

barely hiding a smile, "Yes, but that person is elusive, not easily found by just anyone. I'm just afraid that Dad

was the Spectre, a fact known only to a select few of the Pace family, all of whom had been sworn to secrecy. Ruud, the General Praevion of Sinoria, had ways to approach her. Knowing Tina as he did, Ruud understood that using his authority to pressure her would likely

Jared. He

Boris rambled on.

inscrutable gleam crossed Ruud's eyes, "I'll send someone to track down Spectre. A professional nurse will be arriving in a few days to care for our father, giving you

to find that upon his

trust me? Everyone outside says I'm useless. Among all the siblings, I'm the only failure, yet I've stayed by our father's side for so many years. No one knows his health better than I do. Introducing a stranger suddenly, I fear father won't

disturbed by their voices. Groggily opening his eyes and casting an ambiguous glance at Boris, he muttered, "I agree with your brother. You're