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

dead end, Hiland College

wrong. He maintained that her mother was

the trail

a new lead was finding her

was a hitch, Master Michell wasn’t able to come to

in a gallery and got

up the phone and hurried over

quickly opened her

is a big name in Greenhaven because the older

and Marlinie Bagley, the

Marlinie Bagley? Marlene…

two names sounded similar, they must

her mother’s name wrong or her mother had changed

“Go on!”

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

Ellinor frowned. “That’s impossible!”

the gentle, kind mother in