Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

He entered with his wife Luna, and their two sons, Damian and Griffin. Seeing Mack Emerson kneeling before Tina in the living room and Liliosa Reed’s furious face, he was stunned. “What’s going on here?”

“Garrett!” Liliosa Reed cried out as if seeing a savior, smearing Tina’s name. “Look at this daughter Jasper brought back! She insulted me as soon as she walked in and even hit Mack!”

Garrett’s brow furrowed immediately. Damian tried to intervene, but Garrett had already started scolding Tina. “Tina, this is unacceptable. Your aunt may speak without thinking sometimes, but you must respect your elders and not hit your cousin!”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Damian and Luna exchanged helpless looks. Liliosa Reed had harbored resentment towards Jasper Reed for years, and it was clear she would take it out on his daughter Tina. Garrett, however, always fell for Liliosa’s manipulations out of pity for her.

Tina looked annoyed and was about to speak when Jared’s phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller ID and answered, “Grandfather.”

All eyes in the Reed family turned to Jared as he held up his phone, putting it on speaker. Logan’s angry voice boomed through the room.

“You brat! Where’s my Tina? Didn’t you say you’d bring her back to see me and keep me company for a few days? Where is she? You came back to Ashbury without coming home! At least let Tina come over! Why did you take my Tina away?”

“It wasn’t me who took her,” Jared said coldly, looking at the Reed family. “Tina is Mr. Reed’s daughter. Our car was intercepted by members of the Reed family on the way here.”

He shifted the blame smoothly onto Jasper Reed. “I accompanied Tina back to meet her family.”

“Tina is Jasper Reed’s child?” Logan paused, then scoffed. “So the Reed family are all blind? They mistook someone else for Tina before?”

The Reed family fell silent at this remark, memories of past mistakes flooding back. Only Liliosa Reed sneered.

“Is that so? It seems the Reed family doesn’t welcome Tina.” Jared sighed deeply, his cold gaze falling on Jasper Reed. “We hadn’t even taken our seats when Tina’s aunt mocked her engagement to me as flirtatious…”

The faces of the Reed family changed instantly, realizing trouble was brewing.

Sure enough, Logan’s furious voice followed immediately. “What! I treasure my Tina so much, and Jasper Reed brought her back just to have her bullied?”

“Bring Tina back to our house right now! If the Reed family can’t accept her, the Farrell family has plenty of space. I’d love for Tina to stay with us permanently.”

“What nonsense! How dare they bully my Tina! No way, I’m going to give that old man a piece of my mind!”

“Mr. Reed,” Jared said with a half-smile after hanging up the phone, “You heard my grandfather. If the Reed family doesn’t welcome Tina, don’t force her to stay. I’ll take her back to the Farrell family.”

The Reed family’s faces darkened; none had expected Jared to report them to Logan.

Garrett understood what had happened but felt too proud to apologize despite knowing he should.

“You’re Tina? You look beautiful,” Luna stepped in to ease the tension, taking Tina’s hand with a smile. “Garrett isn’t good with words; don’t mind him.”

Garrett opened his mouth to retort but was silenced by Luna’s glare.

She pointed to Damian and another young man beside him. “This is Damian and Griffin.”

“We met in Ensford,” Damian said kindly to Tina.

“Hello,” Tina replied indifferently.

Griffin sneered disdainfully without even looking at Tina and headed upstairs without a word.

Luna felt embarrassed by his rudeness. “He just got back from abroad and hasn’t adjusted his sleep schedule yet; it’s not personal,” Damian explained apologetically.

Tina didn’t care whether Griffin’s behavior was intentional or not; it didn’t matter to her.

She hadn’t returned to the Reed family for peace but for other reasons entirely.

How they felt about her was irrelevant as long as they didn’t provoke her.

If they did, it was their fault!

And they’d get what they deserved!

She hadn’t fought in a while; rescuing someone from Silas hadn’t been enough.

Now she could practice at the Reed family’s expense!

Esther thought Tina was upset by Griffin’s actions and quickly pulled Audrey Woodwind over to change the subject with a smile. “I forgot to introduce you earlier; this is your Aunt Audrey Woodwind, my daughter.”

“I also have a son who’s a few years older than you; you’ll meet him at lunch.”

“Nice to meet you,” Tina nodded politely.

“Tina, you and Mr. Farrell must be tired.” Receiving a signal from her mother, Audrey Woodwind warmly suggested, “We’ve prepared rooms for you both; why don’t you rest and change clothes first?”

Tina and Jared didn’t object and followed Esther and Audrey Woodwind upstairs.

As soon as they left, Damian’s phone rang again. Seeing the caller ID made him pale as he told Jasper and Garrett, “It’s Grandpa.”

Garrett took a deep breath while Jasper signaled Damian to answer it.

Resignedly, Damian picked up the phone, bracing himself for Grandpa Reed’s wrath.

Sure enough, Grandpa Reed began berating him immediately. “Are you all idiots? First, you mistook someone else for my granddaughter; now that you’ve found her again, you’re making her miserable?”

“If your brains aren’t working right, get them checked! Stop causing trouble for me! Make up for all those lost years with Tina properly! If you cause any more problems, I won’t forgive you!”

Damian rubbed his temples silently enduring the scolding.

“Put Liliosa Reed on!” Grandpa Reed shouted from the other end.