Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 839: Tracey, Is It Really You?

Outside the courthouse, Ruud climbed straight into the car.

Gabe, watching him, grew anxious and quickly stepped forward. "Ruud, you're leaving already?"

Ruud waved dismissively. "Yes, I'm leaving. You all head back."

Gabe was baffled and frustrated. "But if you leave like this, how are we supposed to explain it to the higher-ups? We came here with a task today!"

"What's there to explain? I've been single for nearly fifty years, working tirelessly for the government. The higher-ups owe me a wife and child. Don't they need to compensate me?" Ruud declared confidently.

Gabe was speechless. "You're not wrong, but we still haven't found the one you've been looking for, have we? And you just handed Luke Gill and Victor over to Tina for no apparent reason. Those two are key figures in the operation-this will definitely raise questions..."

Before Gabe could finish, Ruud interrupted him coldly. "Nothing is more important than finding my wife and daughter! Tell the higher-ups I'm done. I quit. I'm going to find my wife!" "What?"

Both Gabe and Armel, who had just walked over, were utterly stunned.

Could this really happen?

He's quitting-just like that?

No resignation letter? No formalities? Just a single sentence?

Recovering from his shock, Gabe hurriedly tried to reason with Ruud. "Ruud, of course we all support you in finding your wife, but this doesn't have to conflict with your work!"

Gabe hadn't overheard Ruud and Tina's conversation earlier during the trial and didn't understand what had transpired.

"It doesn't conflict, my ass! I've already offended my daughter to the core! If I don't hand over two people to her immediately, do you expect me to have anyone to take care of me in my old age?" Ruud snapped angrily. "What?" Gabe and Armel were even more confused.

"Daughter? Ruud, when did you have a daughter? Why didn't we know about this?"

Ruud's feelings for someone weren't exactly a secret, and Gabe and Armel had been aware of it. Ever since returning to the country, they'd been helping Ruud search for her.

never once heard

Ruud replied

"What?" Gabe was dumbfounded.

together and asked cautiously, "Are you

might just be

never met Natalie, the brief exchange he had with Tina earlier was enough for him to make

hesitated. "But Natalie is Jasper Reed's girlfriend. No one

the Reed family fell into turmoil, investigations revealed that Tina wasn't actually his biological child. Tina's true parentage remained a

Natalie was the Tracey Ruud had been searching for, they hadn't seen each other in decades. Who could say whether Natalie had fallen for someone else

resemble him much, but Ruud was certain-Tina

The timeline matched perfectly.

in love with someone else during the past twenty years, it would've been after leaving Jasper Reed. Any child born afterward would have to be under eighteen. Tina, at twenty-one years

whether she was Tracey, and a simple DNA test would prove Tina's identity as his daughter. Why

tried to protest, but Ruud waved them

I've wasted enough time talking to you two. If my wife runs off again, will you compensate me? I'm warning

Gabe: "..."

Armel:

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it you who had been causing

What nonsense are you thinking? I would never dislike my

Gabe, Armel: "..."

them another chance to speak, Ruud ordered the

was sparsely populated, with fewer than ten people

Ruud arrived, a researcher approached him. "Are

momentarily surprised but

expected anyone here to recognize

follow

arranged several private labs within