After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back (Aveline and Lucas) novel Chapter 917

"Huh?" Maria looked at the text message, finding it almost laughable.

Mary? Her mother?

She had grown up in an orphanage and was later handpicked and trained by Lucas. There was a time when she had searched for her biological parents, but the technology back then wasn’t advanced enough to find them.

After some time, she gave up.

Now, out of nowhere, someone claimed to be her mother?

Maria stared at the message for a moment, deep in thought, before getting up and heading into another room.

The room was soundproof, and the computer equipment was state-of-the-art. She powered up her computer and quickly began tracking the number. Her fingers danced across the keyboard, and soon enough, the screen was filled with the information she had been looking for.

She clicked through the data, stopping at a photo of a family of three. The man appeared humble, and the woman looked tired and worn out, but her features hinted at a once-beautiful face. It wasn’t hard to imagine that she had been quite the beauty in her younger years.

Between them stood a boy, glaring at the camera with arrogance. While the parents were dressed modestly, the boy was decked out in designer clothes and expensive sneakers. His hair was neatly styled, and he had the overfed look of a child with more than enough to eat.

“Tsk...”

Maria continued scrolling through the family’s records, piecing together their story.

They were a rural family from Arthur Town, living off the land. They had two children, but there was no information about the first one—just a record of the woman giving birth at a hospital.

As their son grew older, the family’s financial situation took a turn for the worse. By the time he was fifteen, the boy had become addicted to online gambling, sinking the family into heavy debt. They sold their house and land to cover some of the losses, but the son continued gambling and amassed more debt.

“Tsk...”