The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 186

“Can’t it wait?” Lachlan asked, annoyed at the interruption before he could even get to the good part.

Ophelia’s voice was grim. “You idiot, if you don’t get over here now, Mom is going to find those twins. By the time she does and we lose our inheritance, it’ll be too late to cry about it!”

Shoving away the two women clinging to him, Lachlan’s expression turned serious. “Got it. I’m on my way.”

When he arrived at the private clinic and learned that Wynne was there trying to find her long-lost children, his face darkened as well.

“That crazy woman is a ticking time bomb,” Ophelia told him flatly. “You need to find someone to put her on a slow-acting poison. Make it look like she died of natural causes.”

Lachlan couldn’t help but feel a sliver of awe. “Damn, sis. You’re ruthless.”

Ophelia scoffed. “Me, ruthless? Fine, don’t do anything. Just wait until that woman gets her memory back, finds those twins, and welcomes them into the Powell family. There will be no place left for us. You and I will be cast aside, and the family fortune will have nothing to do with us. Is that what you want?”

Lachlan, long accustomed to a life of luxury and indulgence, feared being thrown back into obscurity. “Alright, I’ll have someone take care of it.”

Just then, Ophelia’s phone rang. Seeing the caller ID, her expression softened into a warm smile as she answered. “Mr. Scully…”

After a few moments of intimate conversation, she hung up and turned to Lachlan. “Sylvan Scully lands at Riverton Airport tonight. We’re going to pick him up.”

Lachlan was confused. “He’s Mom’s ex-husband. She hates him. Why are you so friendly with him?”

Years ago, he had been set up by a woman and had slept with her while drunk. When Wynne found out, she demanded a divorce and returned to Riverton, pregnant. He had come to beg for her forgiveness many times, but the door was always slammed in his face. When Wynne went into labor, an elder in his family fell gravely ill, and he had to rush back to the Capital. He never imagined that a complication during childbirth would lead to the disappearance of their twins. Sylvan had been searching for them all these years, but to no avail.

“Is your mother’s health alright these days?” Sylvan asked.

Ophelia’s face filled with worry. “Mom’s heart has been heavy because of her missing son and daughter, and her health… I’m so worried. I just wish we could find my brother and sister soon.”

The mention of his children brought a pang of pain to Sylvan’s heart. “Don’t tell her I’m here. I’ll just watch her from a distance. I don’t want to upset her.”

After so many years, he no longer hoped for a reconciliation. Even though she had remarried, he had never considered it for himself. As long as that Ryder Powell treated her well, he could accept it and would no longer pester her.