Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Hugo was utterly confused! Wasn’t this house the one he rented for five hundred dollars? How did it become Zackary’s?

“Did you also see Zackary’s name?” Jennie looked up, bewildered. “I thought I was seeing things.”

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time before it suddenly dawned on them.

“The house on Pinkwater Alley was bought by Tina!”

Jennie, with reddened eyes, threw herself into Hugo’s arms, choking back tears. “I knew such a good house couldn’t be rented for just five hundred dollars. Tina is really something.”

She felt foolish! A house as nice as the one on Pinkwater Alley would never rent out for just five hundred dollars to anyone with a bit of sense. Moreover, this community never rented out properties. Yet they had rented it at an unbelievably low price! It turned out to be Tina’s own house!

Hugo held Jennie, his throat dry and his heart heavy. He felt deeply indebted to Natalie and Tina. He had always tried to make up for it, but the debt seemed to grow larger.

Jennie sobbed, “Hugo, we’ll never be able to repay Tina.”

Hugo gently patted her head and said softly, “Then let’s love her more in the future. I’ll work hard on my career so we can move to Ashbury and take better care of her.”

“Alright,” Jennie replied with a smile.

“Dad, Mom, you two are so clingy even after all these years,” Elsa teased to lighten the mood.

“Your boss gave you seven days off this time; you’re not in a hurry to leave, are you?” Jennie asked sternly.

“No, I’m not in a hurry…” Elsa was immediately intimidated by her mother’s sudden authority.

“If you’re not in a hurry, stay home and keep me company for a couple more days!” Jennie sighed. “Everyone’s leaving one by one; it’s true that daughters can’t be kept at home!”

Elsa muttered under her breath.

Mom! You don’t have to take it out on me just because you can’t bear to part with my sister.

Two days later, in Ashbury.

In the dark woods of the suburbs, Courtney swiftly stabbed the last man in black in the heart. She pushed his tall body away and staggered back against a tree trunk, gasping for breath. Around her lay the bodies of seven or eight men in black.

The night was deep, and the solitary moon hung high in the sky, coldly observing the wounded girl through the sparse branches of deciduous trees.

After catching her breath, Courtney used her blood-stained knife to cut open her left sleeve and tore it into strips to bandage her wound. She tied a knot with her right hand and teeth.

As soon as she released her teeth, she saw flashlight beams searching through the distant darkness of the woods.

“Damn it! These pests just won’t give up!” she cursed angrily, spat out blood from her mouth, and ran in the opposite direction of the flashlight beams.

She had been kidnapped but managed to escape by injuring one of her captors when they let their guard down. She had been hiding and evading countless pursuers ever since.

Finally finding refuge in these woods, she hadn’t expected them to catch up so quickly.

The solitary moon continued its cold gaze as she stumbled through the dark forest like a trapped beast. The path ahead was uncertain, while endless darkness loomed behind her.

Suddenly, she heard car horns and immediately changed direction towards them. If she could flag down a car and escape back to the city, she’d have a better chance of hiding even if she couldn’t contact her people.

After running for a while, she saw streetlights ahead and quickened her pace towards them.

She burst out of the woods onto a road and was about to head towards the city when she heard cars approaching from behind.

Her heart leaped with hope but sank upon seeing several black cars filled with men in black speeding towards her.

She ran desperately forward but found two cars blocking her path-a silver one and a black one-leaving her feeling hopeless.

Just as one of the black cars behind was about to intercept her, the silver car sped past Courtney and rammed into it, flipping it over with a loud crash.

Courtney froze but then recognized the beautiful face inside the silver car and felt overjoyed. “Miss Reed!”

Tina glanced at her and floored the gas pedal. The engine roared as she swerved to block the other black cars’ path.

The black cars showed no hesitation and crashed into Tina’s car one after another.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The repeated crashes severely deformed the passenger side of Tina’s silver car, pushing it across the road with screeching tires.

“Miss Reed!” Courtney shouted in concern.

Tina suddenly opened the car door, rolled over to Courtney’s side, grabbed her hand, and ran. “Let’s go!”

Jared drove another black car over and screeched to a halt beside them. Hayden opened the back door from inside and pulled them in.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Before they could close the door, Jared spun the car around and sped off.

At that moment, Tina’s abandoned silver car exploded due to a pre-installed timed bomb, setting off explosions in all nearby black cars’ engines and fuel tanks as well.

The powerful blast wave almost flipped Jared’s car over as they sped away.

Courtney looked back from the rear seat and saw five or six cars engulfed in flames behind them. Figures on fire stumbled out screaming and rolled on the ground in agony.

Hayden glanced back too before turning to Tina and Jared with admiration. “That’s what I call real heroes-never looking back at explosions!”

“I’m a woman,” Tina said coolly without looking back at him.

“Ahem,” Hayden quickly corrected himself. “Serena is different! Although she’s a woman, she’s tougher than any man-better than all men combined!”

“Are you implying I’m neither man nor woman?” Tina shot him an evil glance with a hint of mischief in her eyes.

“No no! I’m praising you!” Hayden hastily explained. “I’m saying you’re stronger than any man or woman.”

“You’ve been out for so many years without much progress elsewhere but your flattery skills have improved,” Tina remarked indifferently.

“That’s because Serena taught me well,” Hayden shamelessly admitted without feeling embarrassed about his incompetence.