She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 269

He had even joked with Hayden earlier about how his daughter-in-law shared the same name.

He had assumed it was just a funny coincidence.

It never even crossed his mind that the "Hulda" Hayden kept praising was his Hulda!

Clearly, Hayden had just remembered that conversation as well, shooting a pointed look at Wade.

His gaze swept critically from Wade to Herbert, then to Sylvie, before settling back on Wade with ice-cold severity.

"Mr. Jewell, since you're standing right here, allow me to give you a proper introduction," Hayden said, his voice dropping into a grave timbre.

Hearing Hayden switch from the friendly "Wade" to a formal "Mr. Jewell" made the muscle in Wade's jaw twitch.

Hayden took a protective step closer to Hulda and spoke with absolute solemnity. "The young woman standing beside me is the final student trained by my late father, Arthur Owen. She is the phantom player you've been desperately searching for."

A collective gasp echoed through the room.

Everyone present was either a player, staff member, or personal friend of Wade's. Even Valery's socialite friends had heard endless complaints about his hunt for this mysterious prodigy.

The phantom player who went pro at 13 and hit ninth-dan by 16. The prodigy who won the Master's Cup, refused the trophy, and vanished without a trace!

"No wonder! No wonder!" Master Marr was the first to react, sprinting over to Hulda in pure ecstasy.

He was practically vibrating with excitement, as eager as a kid in a candy store!

"It was you all along! I've heard the legends! It's such a tragedy I wasn't able to enter the Master's Cup that year, otherwise we would've met so much sooner!" he practically squealed, tightly clutching his jacket pocket to protect the phone number she had just written for him.

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