Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

The scene grew increasingly chaotic, with the situation turning against Tina. The attendees were all prominent figures in the city, unaccustomed to such humiliation. Jared Farrell surveyed the crowd, his gaze darkening. Just as he was about to react, a calm voice came from the steps, “What did I do to make you feel disregarded?”

All eyes turned to see Tina, dressed in casual attire, walking confidently toward them. She glanced around nonchalantly, “What drama did I miss?”

Tina’s appearance was like a thunderclap, leaving everyone stunned. She had clearly been seen in a live video earlier but now appeared unfazed, as if she had played everyone for fools. Before the guests could voice their confusion, the live feed changed again.

The camera focused on a lounge where Mack sat in a custom-made dress, his face flushed and his mind unclear. Suddenly, someone burst into the room, grabbed Mack by the neck, and dragged him away. The guests were bewildered.

What was happening? Was that a kidnapping? Why would anyone kidnap Mack? He had no money and wasn’t favored by Hawk. Even if they kidnapped him to extort money from Hawk, Hawk probably wouldn’t pay for his release!

“Wait! Something’s wrong! Mack seems to be wearing Miss Reed’s dress!” someone finally noticed and spoke up.

The crowd remembered that when Mack was taken away, he was wearing a dress. The Reed family’s stylist had posted about this unique and perfect dress online, garnering much envy at the time. Many people recognized it immediately as the one Mack was wearing.

Someone suddenly spoke up, “So those people were actually trying to kidnap Miss Reed? Mr. Emerson got caught up in it?”

“What’s wrong with Miss Reed that Mr. Emerson gets kidnapped at her party?”

The Reed family members looked visibly upset at the murmurs of the crowd.

Suddenly, an indignant voice rang out. “Mr. Emerson being kidnapped has nothing to do with Miss Reed! Are you all just looking for trouble?”

Everyone turned to see three girls and two boys around eighteen or nineteen years old entering from the door. They glared at the guests before walking over to Tina and saying in unison, “Miss Reed!”

Tina was momentarily surprised, “Weren’t you not coming?”

The Reed family had asked her to invite her friends to her party. She thought about it and decided not to invite any of her brothers as it would cause too much commotion. She invited Velma Lehman instead and also invited all students from Class 22D since they had done well in their exams and she had promised them a meal with Yan Jin who was in Ashbury.

Since universities were about to start, those students would be coming to Ashbury anyway, so she invited them all. She also invited Hugo’s family but hadn’t seen them yet despite Hugo saying he would come. She had called him earlier but couldn’t reach him and had sent Cole Lyon to find him.

“How could we not come to Miss Reed’s party?” Shonna Woodham said with a smile. “We wanted to surprise you but there were too many of us so we stayed at a hotel and sent five of us here.”NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Tina looked at the five of them: Velma Lehman, Shonna Woodham, Elena Heisler, Albert Sitwell, and Hendrik Stiller. Her cold heart softened slightly.

“Tina, congratulations on finding your family,” Velma Lehman smiled. “My grandma and parents asked me to congratulate you on their behalf. My dad still owes you a meal and insists on making it up when we get to Ashbury.”

Tina smiled back, “Alright, next time I’ll ask for it myself!”

Just then Beatrice Fanning and Welson Woodham approached slowly. Welson Woodham was the heir of the Woodham family but hadn’t taken over as head because Grandpa Woodham was still alive.

Welson wore a well-tailored suit and gold-rimmed glasses but didn’t have Jasper’s sharp business acumen; instead, he gave off an impression of being a cultured rogue despite being nearly fifty years old.

Beatrice Fanning held Welson’s arm; her high-end custom dress made her look even more elegant. They stopped in front of Tina and Beatrice smiled warmly, “Miss Reed, sorry we’re late. Congratulations on finding your biological father.”

Although not one of the four major families, the Woodham family held significant status in Ashbury. Naturally, they were invited to the party hosted by the Reed family’s head for his daughter.

They had picked up Shonna Woodham after receiving Tina’s invitation but got stuck in traffic which caused their delay.

“Thank you,” Tina replied with a polite smile that dazzled everyone present.

Who said Miss Reed came from the countryside and lacked manners? Her brief conversation with Welson Woodham and Beatrice Fanning showed her politeness clearly.

“Miss Reed saved my daughter; I’ve always wanted to thank her personally but never found an opportunity,” Welson said with a smile while adjusting his glasses. “When there’s a chance later on, please join us for a meal.”

“Sure.”

After some small talk Tina invited them inside as she still had matters to attend to.

Velma Lehman scanned around suddenly turning cold-faced: “Who just said Mr. Emerson’s kidnapping was related to Miss Reed? Step forward so I can see if your brain is full of maggots or crap!”

Velma Lehman had spent years being unruly so foul language came naturally to her making everyone’s faces darken instantly.

Ignoring their reactions Velma continued coldly: “That lounge belongs to Miss Reed yet her cousin went there wearing her dress? Wasn’t he planning something sinister? Is he perverted wearing women’s clothes? How did such a big guy fit into that dress without tearing it?”

“If he hadn’t gone into Miss Reed’s room would anyone have taken him? Do you watch dramas without using your brains?”

“First someone falsely accused Miss Reed during live broadcast then Mr Emerson appeared looking foolishly; who’s brain-dead enough saying his kidnapping was caused by Miss Reed? Saying she’s toxic? You’re toxic! A bunch of idiots who can’t tell right from wrong!”

Her words insulted many making their faces turn uglier by each second while Nathaniel standing behind looked particularly grim having planned on kidnapping Tina amidst chaos only for Mack’s disgraceful appearance ruining everything including mistakenly kidnapping him instead making things worse!