Chapter 945:

“You figured it out!” Aliza approached and linked her arm through his, playfully coaxing him with her touch. “I came out and couldn’t spot you, but I bumped into Miss Hinks, and we got caught up in conversation.”

Kristopher’s mind drifted elsewhere, managing only a distracted murmur in response. The identity of Aliza’s female acquaintance held little interest for him.

Meanwhile, Alethea, having returned to the banquet hall herself, searched in vain for her adoptive parents.

Across the venue, in an upscale lounge tucked behind the banquet hall, Kelsey and Jacob entered with a suited man.

settled into his seat, Kelsey leaned forward anxiously. “Dr. Ruiz, have you made

as the last remaining descendant of the once-prominent Hinks family. Her origin story was complicated—her mother had fallen deeply for a man of modest means. To thwart this unsuitable romance, the Hinks

would terminate the pregnancy, monitoring her closely. To their astonishment, her mother calmly accepted her condition and expressed her intention to carry the child

Hinks family concluded that keeping the child might effectively sever her mother’s connection to the

mother had been meticulous about Kelsey’s care, pouring herself into her daughter’s education and upbringing. Yet, she

mother even adopted an orphan—now her husband, Jacob—who became

found at g?

abandoning her customary detachment, entered Kelsey’s bedroom

these excessively practical, unfeeling adults. I’ve strived to fulfill

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