Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Tina had no interest in wasting words with Master Tam. She searched every nook and cranny of the villa, finding nothing but a bunch of unused robots, a dog, and two cats. There wasn't a trace of anything else. Cursing under her breath, she realized she had been fooled again.

Master Tam stood aside, chiding, "You rascal, you need to tidy up after making such a mess!"

"Just let your robots clean it up!" Tina snorted coldly, and as she left, she snatched the apple that Master Tam was about to bite into. Master Tam watched Tina leave. Once he confirmed there was no "danger" around, he took out his phone to message Warren Pace. "Where did you go?"

"Angela." Warren Pace put away his phone, now completely transformed in appearance.

He had become she.

In the mirror, soft, dark hair cascaded from her shoulders, her formerly stern facial features gradually softened. She hadn't undergone a disguise, merely adjusted some bones in her face. It was painful, so she didn't often revert back. However, the person she was meeting now would not be appropriate to meet as a man.

She adjusted her hair and changed into comfortable clothes, then knocked on the neighboring door.

Angela, hearing the knock, opened the door with a puzzled look. She stared at the stunning woman before her, taken aback, "Who are you?"

The woman smiled, "Angela, long time no see."

Angela gazed deeply at the woman, an answer forming in her heart, yet she dared not speak it aloud. She stared for a long while, involuntarily stepping back.

The woman pursed her lips, flicked Angela's forehead, then playfully scraped her nose, "Don't recognize me, do you? I almost didn't recognize you either."

Tears instantly welled up in Angela's eyes.

That gesture...

Angela choked up, rushing into the woman's arms and holding her tightly.

"Alina!"

Only Alina would treat Angela like this.

When they were children, whenever Angela made a mistake, Alina would "punish" her this way and take all the blame in front of Grandpa Brookes.

"The name Alina sounds a bit strange to me now, I go by Natalie," said Natalie, gently patting Angela on the back and comforting her.

Fortunately, she remembered a bit, otherwise, she wouldn't know how to reconcile with Angela.

Angela cried for a while; if Brandon were here, he would be shocked.

He had never seen Angela cry before!

Natalie quietly stayed by her side until Angela had cried enough to talk properly.

"Alina, what did you mean by those words? Why does the name Alina sound strange to you? Where have you been all these years? Why didn't you return to the Brookes family? Dad is now in Ashbury, and so is Jack, why don't you come back? Dad misses you a lot."

Angela rambled on, her grip on Natalie's hand tightening unconsciously, almost afraid to let go, lest Alina disappear again.

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Natalie didn't pull away, allowing Angela to hold her hand.

"I've already seen Dad," Natalie smiled, "and them, Kiki and Mimi, too, don't worry."

Angela knew she had seen them, but Alina hadn't revealed her identity.

"Why didn't you reveal yourself? Is there some hardship? Is it related to the Five Poisons?"

Natalie neither nodded nor denied, "I haven't fully regained my memory, so I say, the name Alina feels unfamiliar to me. I can only confirm now that I am Alina, but why I was abducted and how I ended up with the Whittaker family as Natalie, I have no recollection, nor do I know who was responsible for my abduction." Angela's eyes narrowed, "Are you saying you have amnesia?"

Natalie nodded, "Yes, I can only vaguely remember some things, like when we used to ruin Grandpa's vegetable garden as kids, or secretly chop up mom's lipstick for experiments, but many details elude me. I'm slowly recovering; it's just a matter of time."

Natalie knew she had sustained a severe head injury, which had gone unnoticed for years until Tina was taken by Jack for a paternity test.

It was then that she secretly matched her own samples with Jack's and discovered she was Alina.

It was also upon seeing the paternity test results that she vaguely remembered something about the Brookes family.

She realized she had lost many memories, and those of her childhood had been forcefully hypnotized into her mind.

No wonder she felt no connection to anything from before she was ten-it was like listening to someone else's story.

Time had stretched too long, and treatment was complicated.

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Rapid exposure to hypnosis could easily affect the brain, causing irreversible damage.

Natalie thus opted for conservative treatment, recovering while investigating the Brookes family affairs.

The Brookes family had been tightly secured; it would have been impossible for someone to abduct her without inside help.

Angela, sharp as ever, realized from Natalie's words that her abduction was no simple affair.

"Do you have any suspects?" Angela asked.

Natalie looked at Angela and countered, "What about you? Do you have any suspects?" Angela nodded, "Rachel."

"Me too," Natalie smiled. "I remember it was summer when I was abducted. You were sick, and Dad took you to the hospital, Jared was at school, and it was just Rachel and me at home. After that, I don't know. So, she's the prime suspect." "Exactly, and this time, my leaving home also involves Rachel," Angela stood up, walked to a drawer, and pulled out a document to hand to Natalie.

Natalie flipped through it, her gaze growing deeper.

The document detailed Angela's origins-meticulously compiled by someone intent on revealing how Angela came to be with the Brookes family, who her biological parents were, and the despicable acts they had committed. "This document was given to me by Rachel," Angela frowned. "At the time, I was solely focused on getting you back, paying back the sins committed by the Five Poisons, without thinking too much about it. But now, it feels off." "When Rachel gave me this document, she told me she found it in an email, asking me to see what it was. When I opened it, it was about my origins, and I was instantly devastated, especially since all the signatures were from my father. I thought he no longer wanted me to stay with the Brookes family."