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

a dead end, Hiland College had no record of a student named

was adamant that he hadn’t gotten it wrong. He maintained that her mother was named Marlene and was the

the trail went

for a new lead

Michell wasn’t able

gallery and got a crucial lead

the phone and hurried over with news. “I

quickly opened her eyes.

a big name in Greenhaven because the

family and Marlinie Bagley, the daughter of the reputable Bagley family

Marlinie Bagley? Marlene…

names sounded similar, they must

her mother’s name wrong or her mother had changed it on

“Go on!”

with another man. When the Howard family found out, they threw them

Ellinor frowned. “That’s impossible!”

kind mother in her memories would do something