Chapter 242

“She mentioned running into her adoptive parents and said she’d be a bit late.”

“Adoptive parents?”

Connor couldn’t help but frown. Bob and Mary seemed to have a knack for causing trouble,

showing up to bother Mia again.

Felix cautiously spoke up. “There’s something I’ve been wanting to ask since a moment ago.”

Connor turned his attention to Felix, asking, “What do you want to know?”

“I genuinely don’t have any ulterior motives. It’s just that seeing all of you at the engagement ceremony caught me by surprise. Are you somehow related to Ms. Lane? Mia has never

mentioned this before.”

When Mia met Maya, her demeanor was distant, lacking the warmth a person might expect

between relatives.

Connor raised an eyebrow, realizing he had almost forgotten about this matter.

Initially, they thought Mia would be present today, and there seemed to be no need to conceal

their identities.

Mia absent, the situation had taken an unexpected

throat, Connor explained, “Well, we’re distant relatives.”

Ms. Lane’s engagement, it’s quite surprising that

weight as marriage. Societal norms have

“Yeah, you’re right.”

didn’t dwell too much on it, acknowledging his unfamiliarity with aristocratic

dynamics.

the revelation about Mia’s connection to the esteemed Lane family

wonder Maya was adamant about having Mia design the wedding venue right from the start.

this hidden layer of

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that Mia harbored some undisclosed secrets.

to win her

a troubled expression. “Mia still

ran into her adoptive parents this

calling Mia, but her phone is off. What if something

men, initially feeling uneasy, not only hesitated to

did they anticipate

fidgeted in his seat, his impatience evident. “We can’t just

expectations too high

declared, “I’ve asked Eva to

determine

stood up, prepared to

hastily, addressing them. “Dominic, Nathan, Connor,

met her gaze, inquiring, “Where’s

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