Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 927: As Long as He Doesn’t Blow Up the Kitchen

Hugo and Jennie stood frozen as Tina, suppressing her frustration, said goodbye to them and left. She headed downstairs, where Ruud was blocking Jared's path. "You sit in the front. I'll sit in the back with Tina," Ruud declared.

He wasn't about to let Jared cozy up to his precious daughter right in front of him. What did they take him for? Blind?

Jared raised his hand, his gaze shifting to the car with the Pace family emblem parked nearby. "Father, that's my car. Yours is over there."

Ruud replied with righteous confidence, "Who told you I came in a car? I don't even recognize that one!"

"Ha!" Hayden couldn't hold back his laughter.

Finally, the heavens had aligned. If the brothers saw this scene, they'd be overjoyed. Jared, the infamous hard case, was finally meeting his match in front of Serena. Tina: Couldn't he just drive himself home?

The Pace family mansion.

The brightly lit hall was serene as Alina sat on the sofa, flipping through an ancient book. Seeing her husband and daughter enter together, a trace of warmth softened her expression. "You're back," she said.

Ruud approached her eagerly, scooping her up in a joyful spin before planting a kiss on her cheek. "Darling, you wouldn't believe how rewarding this trip was. All thanks to your advice!" Alina returned his affection with a gentle kiss and patted his head lovingly. "I told you, as long as you take the right approach, success will come."

Ruud's eyes gleamed with excitement as he leaned in for another kiss, but Alina pushed him back with a single finger.

"Our daughter is watching."

Tina scoffed, pulling out a chair and sitting down. "Oh, so you remember you have a daughter? I thought I'd been completely sidelined."

Ruud wanted to explain, but Alina stopped him with a look.

Tina's irritation bubbled over. She knew her mother had a romantic streak, but this level of infatuation was something else. Put her and Ruud in the same room, and it was like she didn't even exist. "So you're the one who sent him to the Reed family?"

Alina nodded. "Tina, your father genuinely wants to get closer to you. He knows he owes you a lot and is trying to make amends. Give him a chance."

Tina narrowed her eyes. "I told you, I'm not buying it."

Ruud panicked, worried the two would start arguing again. "Darling, Tina, this is my fault-"

one asked

and daughter spoke in

Ruud: "..."

escalate the tension, Tina turned and headed

you asked

curiosity. "As long as he doesn't blow up

would take time and effort. Now, mere hours later, there was progress.

husband, her daughter

our daughter

tricks to win her over. If one doesn't work, try all one hundred.

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The next morning.

room, the clinking and clattering from downstairs caught

rested her chin in her hand, smiling dreamily in the

on Ruud, who was busy

was

Tina: "..."

early for this level of public displays of affection. She

is making your favorite dish." Tina:

fumbling around in the kitchen, a quick glance before sitting across from her mother. She strategically positioned herself to block Alina's intense, lovestruck

book beside her and casually tossed it onto the table in front of Tina, as though it were a bag of snacks. "Everything you're looking for is in here. But let me warn you, this

you mean?" Tina

a knowing look, deliberately withholding

"Didn't you say this had something

eyes narrowed slightly. "It does. And it

to a foreign family called the Romo family. Decades ago, they vanished overnight after a major incident. Since then, all traces of

sensing that Alina was about to

design within the book, pointing at a specific

the crest of a once-powerful family, though the details had

this be the work of one of the hidden families?" Tina