Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 855: Leo Storms In

Ian's lips twitched as soon as he heard the news.

He knew it. Leo was coming to raise hell.

This damn Ruud-always stirring up trouble!

Ian rose from his seat, his glare cold and sharp as it landed on Ruud. "Are you just going to sit there, or are you going to handle this?"

Ruud calmly picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, unfazed. "Dad, I go by Ruud Brookes now," he said casually. "I'm your son, and a son's affairs are for his father to resolve." The audacity.

Ian almost choked on his own words.

Outside, Leo had been waiting impatiently for Ruud to show his face. When nobody came out, his temper boiled over. He kicked the door open and stormed in.

The sight that greeted him-Ruud calmly eating dinner as though nothing was amiss-nearly sent Leo into a fit.

"You ungrateful little brat!" Leo roared, his voice shaking the walls. "How dare you sit here, stuffing your face like nothing's wrong? Who gave you the right to change your name? What, is the Pace family so beneath you now that you had to abandon it? Do we mean that little to you?"

His fiery glare shifted to Ian before Ruud could even respond. "And you, Ian! You've got some nerve! You've got plenty of sons already, but you had to come poach mine? What, you think I'm too old to fight back?!"

leaned back in his chair with a sigh. Seeing Leo's volcanic temper, he decided to meet fire

with me? He seduced my daughter, got her pregnant, and disappeared for over

biting. "What's the matter? The Brookes family loses its influence at court for a few years, and you

shot back, his voice thunderous. "My son was on the frontlines for years! How the hell would he have had time to seduce your daughter? If you're going to make accusations, at least make them believable-" Leo's words froze mid-sentence. His anger abruptly shifted to confusion as

years..." Leo's voice

"Yeah.

"An outstanding one, at

Ruud seemed to forget the resentment he once harbored toward

stood there, stunned. It took him a moment

into laughter. "Hahaha! I have a granddaughter!" He slapped his knee, grinning ear to ear. "Natalie! Natalie, you sly thing. I always knew you were something special. No wonder I liked you so much back when I was trying to

I find out you're my actual granddaughter? This is the

unconscious and can't attend the banquet, we'll make it up to her. The wedding she missed? We'll have it! I'll make sure she marries gloriously into the Pace family." Tina

she might have said next was cut short by Ruud, who delivered a cool, cutting statement. "My father-in-law doesn't approve of me marrying Tracey. That's why I changed my name. Dad, you should go home. Tracey and

darkened

you old bastard! How dare you refuse to let my son marry Natalie? What's wrong with him? What gives you

aren't you? And now you're trying to steal him for your family? Over my dead body! I don't care what Ruud says-he's not changing

hand on the table, the sound reverberating through the room. "Will

full height, glaring at him. "Your son seduced my daughter, got her pregnant, and then disappeared for over twenty years. And you think