Chapter 712

"I'm not overexerting myself. I truly cherish the present-every day with you makes me feel so happy." Angela spoke softly, resting her head gently against Barney's shoulder.

"I'm glad you've recovered so quickly," Barney said warmly, his gaze full of patience and understanding.

"But you don't have to push yourself." He knew perfectly well that Angela had loved Trey deeply and couldn't possibly have shifted her affections to him in such a short time.

The more she made an effort to be close to him, the more he felt she was doing it out of gratitude rather than love.

Angela shook her head.

not pushing

insist on explaining, and instead quickly changed

sister-any new leads?" Thinking about his sister brought a genuine smile to Barney's face. He

tracking down any leads from that camp." Months ago, the detective had gone through the records of the identified orphanage, finding information on many children.

each one in depth. Three were confirmed not to be Barney's sister. The remaining child- the

loans. The detective had exhausted every method to locate one of her previous adoptive families-but after so many years, they no longer

following what the teachers used. Originally, they had intended to give her a new name once she grew older, but the family later had two more children and

rumors about her emerged-she was remarkably intelligent, and at six years old, she had claimed second place in the city's mathematics olympiad, earning a reward to participate in an event organized by prominent athletes. The detective traced the event and discovered

second. Once we get in touch

wrong?" he asked, drawing her attention. She snapped back to the present and smiled

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