Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 838: You Look Like Someone I Know

Ruud felt a wave of awkwardness wash over him at Tina's words.

The people around them couldn't help but chuckle, but when Ruud's gaze swept over them, they quickly stifled their laughter.

He looked up at Tina again and sighed inwardly. "You look very much like someone I know," he said. "I asked for a photo of your mother because I wanted to confirm whether she is the person I'm thinking of."

If it weren't for that face, Ruud would have been furious at Tina's tone.

But because of that face-one that stirred emotions buried deep within him-all the prejudice he held against Tina seemed to dissolve in an instant.

At this moment, Ruud, who usually couldn't be bothered to explain himself to others, found himself patiently offering an explanation. He didn't want to waste time digging for information. After all, he had been back in Ashbury for so long without uncovering anything useful. It was far easier to ask Tina directly.

Hearing this, both Tina and Jared froze for a moment.

Tina scrutinized Ruud carefully, yet she couldn't see any resemblance between them. She had inherited all of Natalie's best features, leaving no trace of Ruud in her appearance.

No matter how she looked at him, she couldn't find anything amiss. With her brows slightly furrowed, she said after a brief pause, "My mother doesn't like taking photos. There aren't any....."

Before she could finish, Ruud interrupted her urgently, "Then where is she? Can I meet her?"

"She's in my lab," Tina blurted out, surprising herself. She hadn't intended to answer him, yet the words slipped out. She thought to herself, I must be losing my mind.

"I'll go find her right now," Ruud said and began to leave.

Tina suddenly called out, "You can't take Luke Gill and Victor with you!"

Unexpectedly, Ruud waved his hand dismissively and said in a grand, magnanimous tone, "I won't take them. They're yours!"

The people Ruud had brought with him were stunned.

"What... what did we come here for, then?" someone muttered.

a

Ruud left with his people, leaving Tina

He just... left?

there supposed to be some kind

up to Tina, his expression serious. "Serena, what

it seemed like Ruud was determined to protect Luke Gill and Victor. With General Praevion's temperament,

with Tina, Ruud had only asked about Tracey and requested a photo of Tina's mother. He didn't mention Luke Gill or Victor at all. Then,

her delicate face. Her expression remained unreadable, and nobody could tell what she was

"Let me verify

eyes were deep and narrow, as if they could see straight into her soul. She smiled-a dazzling, alluring smile. "Even

father for a long

Ruud said she looked like his friend,

recognized

had ever mentioned the name Tracey to her before-not

hadn't thought much of it. However, the moment he asked

that her mother wasn't dead had already spread. The GTO had captured everyone they needed to. Her mother was still unconscious, and no one would come looking for her now-except to use her as leverage against Tina. But no one would ask for her mother's photo just because of Tina's

realized Ruud must have some connection to her mother. Was he her father? She didn't know. Only a paternity test would reveal

But...

the test confirmed they were father

find him for her mother's sake

then, she had hoped

over the past twenty-plus years whenever she

couldn't make up for the lost twenty years of fatherly love-but not Ruud.

was General

been one of his

mother wouldn't have had to fight alone for so many years. Tina wouldn't have been trapped on Serenity Ridge for ten years, unable to leave. Because her mother had been an undercover agent in the Reed family for years and had met with him multiple times, yet he hadn't noticed that Jasper Reed's girlfriend was Natalie.

reasons. She could never

smile and felt a

yet he could