Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Silence! The scene was so quiet that not a sound could be heard.

The man took a moment to regain his composure. “Are you joking with me? Doing business with someone who wants to kill me? You must be out of your mind!”

“Do I look like I’m joking?” Jared responded with a question.

The man instantly became furious. “You’re insulting my professional ethics!” He lunged forward in a swift motion.

Before he could reach Jared, he heard Jared speak again, slowly, “Three billion.”

The man’s steps halted abruptly. He gritted his teeth and said, “I’m a hitman with professional ethics!”

“Five billion!”

“Money can’t buy me…”

“Ten billion!”

“Deal!”

The hitmen behind the man were speechless. What just happened? Did he just betray them?

Jared smiled. This was more like it. Problems that money could solve were not problems at all. Indeed, Tina’s method was still the best; it saved him the trouble of doing it himself.

“When will I get the money?” the man asked, looking at Jared.

“Give me your account details.”

The man immediately provided his account information. Jared casually took out his phone and quickly operated it. Soon, the man’s phone received a notification.

Upon seeing the exact amount in the message, the man smiled broadly.

“Boss, are you really taking the money? What if the organization finds out…” one of his subordinates reminded him.

Before he could finish speaking, the man slapped him. “Are you stupid? How much do we earn risking our lives for the organization? Here we have ten billion to split among us. We can find a place to live anonymously, get married, and have children. Why live on the edge?”

Hearing this, Jared nodded. “Smart move.”

The man grinned. “Sir! Take care! If you need anything in the future, feel free to find me!”

Jared thought to himself: No need for that!

“Oh, by the way, considering your generous payment, I’ll give you a tip. The person who hired us to kill you is from your Farrell family-a woman named Vivienne.”

Vivienne: “What?!”

Jared’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Got it.” He turned and left.

After he left, the hitmen gathered around their boss.

“Boss, are we really going to betray the organization? You know their methods well; if they find us, we won’t live long even with money!”

“Yeah, boss, let’s return the money and complete our mission so we can report back.”

The man glared at them. “Do you think we can kill him with just us few?”

“We’re some of the best in the organization; can’t we take down one person?” one subordinate argued.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“You only see him alone but didn’t notice there are over thirty experts around him, including five snipers,” the man said seriously.

When he rushed towards Jared earlier and suddenly stopped, it wasn’t because of Jared’s offer but because he noticed hidden snipers around them. His years of experience as a hitman told him there were many people hidden nearby.

So while negotiating with Jared, he checked out the surroundings. There were at least thirty people hiding nearby-intentionally revealed by Jared’s side for him to notice; otherwise, he wouldn’t have detected anyone following Jared all this time.

At that moment, he realized killing Jared would be tough and decided to take the money instead since completing the task seemed impossible.

“What?” The hitmen were shocked internally. “How did we not notice anyone following him?”

The man glanced at them. “The organization sent three groups to kill him; all failed. If he didn’t have protection, how could they fail? Enough talk! Let’s go quickly before the organization finds out and prepare new identities for a fresh start.”

Meanwhile…

Jared’s car stopped at Farrell family’s entrance when someone emerged from the shadows and approached him respectfully. “Mr. Farrell! We’ve confirmed it’s Vivienne-both at Serenity Ridge and this time-it’s her doing. As for those who attacked your car last time, we’re still investigating.”

Jared had his hands in his pockets and looked coldly ahead. “It seems some people can’t hold back anymore!”

“Should we handle it?” asked the person.

“No need,” Jared replied coldly. “I’ll handle it myself.”

The next day…

Tina and Hugo along with Zackary visited Farrell Manor as guests.

Knowing they were coming, Logan had already prepared top-quality tea leaves for them.

As soon as they entered, Logan greeted them warmly. “Ah, Hugo is here! Come in and sit down.”

Hugo and Jennie greeted him back. “Uncle Logan, long time no see.”

Logan paused for a moment and looked at them curiously.

Hugo felt puzzled under his gaze and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Logan snapped out of it and spoke earnestly, “Hugo! Even though Tina has returned to Reed family now and we live mostly in the capital city so we don’t meet often-it shouldn’t make us distant!”

Hugo was confused. “What do you mean? I’ve always considered you an elder; how could I be distant from you?”

“Then why did you call me Uncle Logan?” Logan pretended to be annoyed. “Before coming to the capital city, didn’t I tell you not to be formal with me anymore? Just call me Logan! How long has it been since then? And you’ve already forgotten?”

Hugo froze for a moment before realizing and quickly explained himself: “Oh my memory! I’ve been too busy lately and haven’t seen you for a long time; I didn’t react immediately-Logan-sorry about that.”

“That’s better!” Logan finally smiled. “Come in and sit down; I’ve specially prepared top-quality tea leaves for today but no matter how expensive they are-I still think Jennie’s tea tastes better!”

Jennie laughed politely: “You’re too kind! The tea I gave you was just some cheap supermarket stuff; if you like it so much-I’ll buy more next time.”

Logan’s expression stiffened slightly as his brows furrowed unconsciously: “Didn’t you say those tea leaves were grown by your family?”

Jennie hesitated briefly before smiling awkwardly: “Right-I forgot which type I gave you.”

Logan gave her a deep look but said nothing more.

While adults chatted away-Sophia approached Zackary cheerfully: “Zackary!”

A rare smile appeared on Zackary’s face too: “Sophia.”

Sophia grabbed Zackary’s hand excitedly: “Hayden recently gave me an anime model-come see it!”

“Sure.” The two kids held hands heading towards Sophia’s room.

After some small talk among adults-Marie came over calling everyone for dinner.

Logan sat at head position while Marie sat on his right side; Hugo & Jennie on left side with Jared & Tina next to them while Zackary & Sophia sat at end positions respectively since other members weren’t invited due to this being specifically arranged for Hugo except Asher who couldn’t make it due work commitments elsewhere today.

During meal time-Hugo picked up some spicy sour pig trotters placing them into Tina’s bowl saying: “Tina-you love these spicy sour pig trotters-eat more.”

His words instantly created an awkward atmosphere as both Logan & Marie looked curiously at him while Jared’s deep-set eyes lifted slightly showing meaningful glances even little Sophia blinked curiously wondering what was going on…