The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 445

“I bumped into an acquaintance and we grabbed a bite.”

“Who was it?”

Ellinor rubbed her temples, her expression growing serious. “That’s not important! Chase, I need you to dig up everything you can about the Howard family, especially Balfour. The more detailed, the better!”

“On it” Chase immediately whipped out his phone to start the search.

Ellinor leaned back on the couch and closed her eyes for a rest.

Being two months pregnant, she was feeling extraordinarily tired, and her energy levels were not what they used to be

She and Chase had been in Hiland City for a month now, while Ida was back in Greenhaven handling company matters, occasionally popping in for a visit.

This past month, she had been investigating her mother’s background in Hiland City, but progress was slow

had given her was a dead end, Hiland College had

called Arnold to confirm, but he was adamant that he hadn’t gotten it wrong. He maintained that her mother was named

where the trail

new lead was finding her mother’s

Master Michell wasn’t

in a gallery and got

up the phone and hurried over with news. “I found

her

family is a big name in Greenhaven because the older

Howard from the Howard family and Marlinie Bagley, the daughter of the

Marlinie Bagley? Marlene…

names sounded similar, they

Arnold had gotten her mother’s name wrong or her mother had

“Go on!”

with another man. When the Howard family found out, they threw them out and announced they’d

Ellinor frowned. “That’s impossible!”

kind mother in her memories would do