After pulling away from the hug, the two of them walked out of the garage laughing and saw Michael in front of them.

“Linus, you’re back.”

Michael spoke as if he never treated himself as an outsider at all.

Looking at the matching shirts Sophia and Michael were wearing, Linus subconsciously shifted his gaze. “Yes, I’m back.”

However, Michael thought there was something different about Linus today, but he could not put his finger on it.

Since it was the new year’s, it was great that he was back to celebrate with everyone. It would not be the same without Linus.

After his return, he went to meet Cooper, who was in his study.

“I’ve met with the Family Elders Council and told them about Sophia’s situation. I managed to buy some time for her and Carmen to prepare.”

In fact, the council was getting impatient. They wanted Sophia and Carmen to return to the Michel family as soon as possible, but Cooper had not settled their registries yet.

However, the Fletcher Family certainly would not let Carmen go easily, and Cooper did not know how to tell Mark about it.

 

As for Sophia… He was more worried about her. If she returned to the family now, she would have to undergo DNA tests. She was the daughter of Fass Michel, so she would naturally be the focus of the council. They were hoping for her to be Fass’s second in command, and that she would take over the responsibilities soon. However, with Sophia’s current situation, there was definitely no way she could take over the responsibilities of the Michel Family so soon.

While Linus and Alice both grew up receiving elite education from the Michel Family and Cooper’s guidance, Sophia was too inexperienced compared to them.

 

To Cooper, she was still his dog-leash-selling baby. If she returned to the Michel family now, she would have to compete with Linus and Alice. She was still lacking in terms of resources, experience, and connections.

This time, Linus had gone back just to buy a little more time for them.

After hearing Linus’s report, Cooper patted his shoulder and said sincerely, “You’ve done well.”

he found his way back

son, to which Cooper replied there was no progress at all. They had investigated all the possible

child seemed to

at the dejected Cooper, he

Cooper smiled helplessly.

on, and he could

but he hesitated and decided not to

be found for such a long time. With Cooper’s capability, as long as his child was still alive, he could

that everything was up to fate and that his son

still a little

was trying hard to hide something. On top of that, there weren’t many people in Bayside City that could keep something hidden so well that not even Cooper could

and again, which caused Cooper’s impression of him to become progressively worse. To Cooper, he was just a sleazy and lowly son-in-law.

find Cooper’s son? That was unless he was doing that on purpose. But, why? Was he afraid

so, Michael should know that Cooper would not treat Sophia poorly

one could threaten her status. If she wasn’t, then it didn’t matter whether Cooper’s son returned, because

noticed that Linus was hesitant to speak, but seemed to have

the elders about my

Cooper

getting married would be the simplest and the

However…

Mark’s passing was all

residence was shaken. Everyone rushed to the military compound, only to see Mark and his friends doing Tai

had rushed there, “Shh! Keep this a secret. Everyone is always accusing Mikey of using me to climb to the top, and I’m starting to become a taboo to Mikey. So, I deliberately told them to spread the news. Once everyone believes that I’m dead,

country shocked by my passing, the

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