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 myself."

her, she didn't insist on explaining,

leads?" Thinking about his sister brought

when she was little, she attended a very famous winter camp. I've already tasked people with tracking down any leads from that camp." Months ago, the detective had gone through the records of the identified orphanage, finding

Three were confirmed not to be Barney's sister. The remaining child- the only one left-was almost certainly her. However, this sister had been placed with

was living independently, surviving on scholarships and loans. The detective had exhausted every method to locate one of her previous adoptive families-but after so many years, they no longer knew her whereabouts

"Chloe," 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 passed

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 it had been a youth winter camp

camp was extremely selective and expensive. The ten children admitted for free were the top ten from the city's math competition. She placed second. Once we

drawing her attention. She snapped

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