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.

situation

his throat, Connor explained,

significance of Ms. Lane’s engagement, it’s quite surprising that her

weight as

“Yeah, you’re right.”

dwell too much on it, acknowledging his unfamiliarity with

dynamics.

revelation about Mia’s connection to the esteemed Lane family in Nord City caught him

having Mia design

this

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Mia harbored some undisclosed secrets.

win her

troubled expression. “Mia still hasn’t

ran into her

calling Mia, but her phone is off. What if something happened to her when she ran

hesitated to contact Mia but also refrained from

anticipate Mia’s

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

We shouldn’t set our expectations too high

Dominic declared, “I’ve asked Eva to contact the property management and

the surveillance footage to determine exactly

stood up, prepared

them. “Dominic, Nathan, Connor,

met her gaze, inquiring, “Where’s

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