Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

A week later, at the Blue Cove Apartments.

"Ha ha, Old Man! You, Old Man!" Hayden Cohen pointed at Jared Farrell's face, as dark as the bottom of a pot, laughing so hard that his body shook.

"Have you not laughed enough after a whole week?" Jared Farrell's forehead throbbed with visible veins, his face as dark as charcoal.

Ever since Tina announced the name of her new perfume, he had been enduring a relentless barrage of jokes every day.

First, Marie and Hayden Cohen had almost burst into laughter in the auditorium at Ensford High School.

Then his little sister, more subtly but just as sharply, teased him, innocently remarking, "But Jared, you really are quite older than Tina."

In a moment of decision, he had taken Sophia, who had been avoiding Tina for a week, back to the Blue Cove Apartments, forcing her to eat three meals a day cooked by Tina without his guidance. Sophia, frustrated, had made several video calls back to the capital, tearfully complaining everywhere.

As a result, besides his grandfather's mockery, Jared also received various greetings from other relatives.

Some even sent over a pile of supplements, worried that his previous disability might be why Tina found him "old." Most distressingly, someone had sent a box of aids and props, which, unfortunately, Tina had opened...

"What's wrong with being old? We need to accept our age," Hayden Cohen said, patting Jared Farrell's shoulder in mock consolation, yet he couldn't help but laugh again.

"Your fierce little fiancée is really something, using you as inspiration for a perfume and choosing such a name. Was it intentional or was it intentional?" he teased, sniffing Jared Farrell curiously and exclaiming, "Wow, you're actually using it? Old Man suits Old Man, a perfect match!"

"Let's talk business!" Jared Farrell kicked him onto the couch.

The perfume inspired by him was, of course, only suitable for him to use.

Moreover, Tina's new product had sold just over fifty bottles, all bought by him.

Thus, as soon as Old Man hit the market, it vanished.

This caused an uproar among perfume collectors, including Marie, who came and made a huge fuss until she wrestled a bottle from Jared's hands.

Despite its unfitting name, the men's fragrance was exactly to his liking and even seemed to improve his sleep.

It felt as though it was made especially for him.

Yet, he still felt helpless; he was only twenty-eight, just nine years older than Tina-how was he old?

As they turned to serious matters, Hayden Cohen's expression became somber, "We still haven't found where Sean is hiding."

Kidnapping and unlawful detention are criminal offenses, and with minors involved, Sean couldn't be bailed out.

But he had been severely beaten at the auditorium event and taken to the hospital for treatment, only to escape.

For the entire week, not only the police but they too had been searching.

Their prior investigations suggested that Sean might be connected to a certain organization.

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"What about the Reed family?" Jared Farrell asked, frowning.

"They've gone into hiding too," Hayden Cohen replied grimly. "They probably guessed we'd trace Sean through them."

Jared Farrell fell silent, pondering. If Sean truly had ties with the organization, he might already be dead or taken away by them, as they would not let their people fall into police hands.

In a basement somewhere in the eastern district.

"Tina, you bitch! I'll kill you someday!" Amber lay on the bed in pain as Sean straddled her, slapping her face, but she just clenched her teeth and remained silent.

Her long hair, which had been a part of her identity, was now cut short after the last incident.

Initially, she had wanted to call the police during the chaos at the auditorium, but the surveillance footage reviewed by the police didn't show the girls she accused of hitting her, leaving the matter unresolved. Then, she was taken by Sean's men, along with Elizabeth, the Pinewood brothers, and Talon, to this dark, damp basement, never returning to school, treated like a doll for Sean to vent on.

What infuriated her most was that Sean used her as a substitute for Tina, venting all his hatred for Tina on her.

Her body was almost devoid of any spot not marred by his abuse.

Why should she suffer as Tina's substitute?

Yet, she dared not resist; the first time she did, Sean beat her nearly to death, threatening to throw her to his men.

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He even showed her the debt contracts he had taken on to help the Reed family, telling her she could not leave unless she paid off the debt.

But it wasn't her debt; it belonged to the Reed family, why should she pay it back?

Once Sean finally left her alone, Amber headed towards her room.

Passing by Elizabeth's room, she overheard Pinewood saying, "Mom, you should never have treated Tina that way. If you had been kind to her, we wouldn't be in this mess."

"And what's the use of praising Amber all the time? She can't even be a good whore. Sean doesn't even like her that much. Tina would have been better; she has two PhDs and is a master perfumer. If she were willing to help us, the Reed family's perfumes could be world-famous."

"What's the use of talking about this now!" Elizabeth glared at Pinewood fiercely. "That wild seed Tina was never one of us! Do you think being nice to her would make her help us? Our only chance to rise again lies in Amber pleasing Sean!" "What good does pleasing him do? He can't even save himself," Pinewood muttered. "We might as well go back and beg Hugo; maybe there's still some hope."

"Shut up! That whole heartless family won't help us! Haven't we begged them before?"

Amber listened coldly. She could tell that Elizabeth spoke harshly, but her heart was wavering.

She sneered internally, using her body to please Sean, just to keep them safe here, and now they dared to scorn her.

She glanced at the basement's exit, thinking that Pinewood was right; Sean was in no position to help them anymore. Was she really meant to spend her life trapped here without freedom?

No, she refused!