Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Indeed, right after Jared finished speaking, he received a confidential letter from the senior leadership. He was ordered to immediately return to Ashbury and take control of the headquarters there. Tina stretched lazily, "It seems it's time to wrap things up."

That evening, Stephanie sat in the Hancock family's living room, visibly anxious and uneasy. "Grace, I'm still worried. What did my brother mean by what he said? I hadn't said anything, and he already mentioned he would bring what you wanted, this..."

Grace handed Stephanie a cup of hot cocoa. "Oh, don't worry. Since Jared said so, we just have to wait. My dad said that as long as you have the contract and the ring, you can inherit the Lyon family. Trust me."

Grace had never taken the contract or the ring seriously; in her eyes, they were trivial. She couldn't even understand why Max was so fixated on these two items. That evening, she had only called Max to inform him that Stephanie had already brought the items, without going into details.

Before long, Jared arrived at the Hancock family's door with Tina. Grace quickly tidied her hair and happily went to open the door. However, as soon as she opened it, numerous armed individuals burst in, surrounding the entire Hancock family. Grace looked at Jared incredulously, "Mr. Farrell, what is this about?"

"Max Hancock is suspected of drug trafficking. We are here to search," Jared declared, flashing a search warrant. Agents from the X Bureau began to search the Hancock residence.

"You must be mistaken. My father is being framed..." Grace stepped back, only to see someone in her room pull out a plaster doll. It was a birthday gift from Max for her eighteenth birthday.

With a crack, the plaster doll shattered on the floor. Out of it fell a packet of Old Kris!

Tina stepped forward, opened the packet, and sniffed, "It's the Old Kris we've been searching for, consistent with what was seized at the docks."

Then, the sound of a car door closing and a subsequent scream were heard outside. "Captain Wolf, confirm it's Max himself. The subject is secured; we can wrap up now!"

Max was brought through the door, his face draining of color as he saw the pieces of the plaster doll on the ground. "Miss, this really has nothing to do with me. I don't know why this would be in my house, I..."

"Mr. Hancock, or should I say, Old Kris, right?" Tina swayed the packet of Old Kris from side to side. "My mother never realized your potential, did she? To think you could also make drugs."

Hearing this, a guilty look flashed in Max's eyes. Old Kris, like Black Tea, was one of Max's codenames in GTO. He knelt down, defeated, knowing that his end had come. "How... how did you know?"

Since Natalie's death ten years ago, Max had been working under GTO's name, essentially serving as GTO's regional head in Clearwater. Unlike Jasper and Jasmine, who were devoted to finding the formula Natalie had left behind, he had been responsible for managing GTO's finances.

He had been making and trafficking drugs to gather wealth and provide biotechnological tech to GTO. Over these ten years, he had amassed a fortune, becoming increasingly brazen in his illicit financial dealings.

Tina laughed lightly, "If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it yourself." Initially, Tina hadn't paid much attention to Max, but his ambition was too great; he was determined to swallow up the Lyon family's mysterious business chain. The Lyon family's contract was supposed to be a secret, yet Max set a trap, aiming to take over the Lyon family and uncover the contract. This inevitably raised Tina's suspicions.

After the dock incident, Jared and Tina didn't stop their investigation. Following the lead of Old Kris, they naturally found the factory that produced Old Kris. And this factory was where Max was conducting his research on bionic biotechnology! On the surface, he was engaged in bionic biotechnology research, but in reality, it was all to manufacture drugs, which he then sold through bionic biotechnology channels to make a profit.

Courtney and Hayden also arrived at this time. "Captain Wolf, the factory has been seized, and there were five tons of finished products inside. This old guy is even bigger than international drug lords," Hayden slapped Max's head, "Damn, I thought I'd make a significant bust, but the Drug Enforcement Administration got there first."

Tina looked up, and from Hayden's words, she knew that the factory was merely for drug production and not a GTO virus research base. Another dead end. However, this was expected. Jared's true purpose in Clearwater was already known to the Clearwater headquarters; naturally, the GTO virus research base wouldn't be discovered so easily.

"Take him away." Jared waved his hand, ordering Max to be taken away and the entire Hancock family's assets to be seized. Grace and Stephanie witnessed everything but couldn't comprehend what was happening. How could their father be involved in drug trafficking? Who exactly were Jared and Tina, and why could they arrest her father? What was going on? She didn't understand why things had changed so suddenly; all she knew was that she was finished. After the seizure of the Hancock family, Jared and Tina left, paying no mind to the Hancock family's daughter. After all, she was none of their concern.

The Hancock family returned to silence, and Stephanie finally snapped back to reality, swallowing hard before whispering, "Grace, with so much going on in your family, I should leave now." She dared not stay any longer; what if she became implicated? Grace slowly turned around, noticing Stephanie's evasive look, and chuckled, "Stephanie, are you also watching my downfall?" Stephanie shook her head, "Of course not. It's just getting late, and with the Hancock family seized, if you have nowhere to go, I can offer you-"This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Before Stephanie could finish, Grace picked up a piece of a plaster doll from the ground and slid it across her face. Watching the blood continuously stream down Stephanie's face, Grace burst out laughing. She stepped forward, pinning Stephanie to the ground and choking her fiercely, "You wretch, it must be you, you and your Jared setting us up, it has to be, otherwise how could they have found this place, you wretch, I will kill you, kill you!" Stephanie felt as though Grace had gone mad, struggling desperately, no longer caring about the pain in her face, tearing at Grace's grasp, "You're crazy, let me go, let me go!"