Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 910: You Should Have Been Banished from the Pace Family Long Ago Boris shook his head in panic. Even a fool would know why he had chere.

Ruud stepped forward, grabbed Boris by the collar, and glared at him with piercing eyes that radiated authority. "You're the one who gave River the recording device!" Boris, now caught by Ruud's grip and facing his enraged, predatory stare, broke into a cold sweat. Terror filled his face as he stammered, "I was wrong! I... I just lost my head for a moment! Ruud, please letgo..." Faced with Ruud, he didn't even dare to lie. A single false word could lead to his ruin.

He should never have stepped foot into the Pace family's surveillance room. If he hadn't come, they wouldn't have caught him so quickly. It was his failure to heed the warnings that had brought him to this point-walking straight into a trap. Alina strolled over, her demeanor calm and composed. She looked Boris in the eye and asked, "Besides the recording device, what else did you give to River?" Boris's gaze flickered with guilt. He hadn't expected Alina to guess so accurately.

Before he could respond, a heavy fist slammed into his cheek, leaving the right side of his face completely numb. He reached up to touch his mouth and found blood. His legs began to tremble.

Ruud's voice was cold and threatening, as though he was ready to deliver another punch at any moment. "Alina asked you something! Answer her!" Boris winced in pain and stammered, his voice quivering, "I... I also gave her a video recording device..." His eyes pleaded with Ruud as he endured the pain radiating from his cheek. Tears welled up as he begged, "Please, don't tell Dad about this! If he finds out, he'll kickout of the family. I don't want to leave the Pace family!" Ruud tightened his grip on Boris's collar, his expression icy and his strength unrelenting. "You should have been banished from the Pace family long ago!" Boris looked up in disbelief, staring at Ruud as though something inside him had snapped. His eyes turned bloodshot, burning with hatred. "Why? We're both sons of the Pace family! What gives you the right to driveout? Over the past few years, while you and Edwin were away, I've been the one managing everything in this family! I'm the one who's contributed the most, not you!" "So what if you're General Praevion? Withoutkeeping things in order back home, could you have pursued your ambitions without worry?" Ruud's face darkened, and the air around him seemed to grow colder. He glared at Boris with a murderous intensity. "You dare bring that up? Do you really think I don't know you drugged Dad? If it weren't for him pleading on your behalf, I would've dealt with you long ago." At the time, Boris had intentionally brought up Spectre. Ruud hadn't been hand didn't know that Spectre was Tina. It was Jared who revealed the truth to him. Only then did Ruud realize Boris had been scheming behind the scenes. The matter of Boris drugging Warren had been easy to uncover. Within days, a thick stack of evidence detailing Boris's misdeeds over the years had landed on Ruud's desk.

Ruud had been ready to punish Boris immediately, but Warren had intervened. Warren spoke in Boris's defense, even going so far as to threaten his own life, which ultimately made Ruud relent.

Warren had been right-while Boris hadn't done anything good over the years, he had been loyal to Warren. For that reason alone, Ruud had decided to overlook the drugging incident. After all, if Warren himself wasn't pursuing the matter, it would have seemed excessive for Ruud to return hafter years away and immediately go after his own brother.

Since then, Boris had behaved himself, or so it seemed. Ruud had assumed Boris had learned his lesson and left him alone.

But now, Boris had played his hand, trying to sabotage Ruud and Alina's wedding.

This time, Ruud wouldn't let it slide.

Boris froze, staring at Ruud in disbelief. "You... you knew about it all along?" Hadn't their father promised not to tell anyone? Ha! It seemed he'd been lied to. In Warren's eyes, Ruud was still the most important.

Ruud remained silent, but Tina let out a laugh. "Uncle Boris, do you really think everyone in this family is an idiot except for you?" Boris said nothing.

At first, he had been surprised that Ruud had found out about him drugging Warren. After all, Warren had sworn not to tell anyone. If it wasn't Warren, then it had to be Tina.

She was Spectre, after all, and the one who had cured Warren.

Boris had even tried to use Spectre's nto deceive Ruud, unaware that she and Ruud were father and daughter.

If he'd known that earlier, he never would have been foolish enough to pit Ruud against Tina.

Now, not only had he failed to hurt Tina, but he had also fallen into the trap set by the father-daughter duo. Ruud's gaze was ice-cold as he stared at Boris. "You were given a chance, but you weren't satisfied. You even conspired with outsiders to target your sister-in-law. Letask you, what is the family rule of the Pace family?" Boris lowered his head. "When one prospers, all prosper. When one suffers, all suffer." "You knew that, and you still did this? All for the sake of gaining control of the Pace family?" Boris stayed silent.

It wasn't just about power. Deep down, he had always wanted recognition.

For him, power wasn't the ultimate goal. He craved acknowledgment.

From a young age, he had lived in the shadows of his brothers. No matter how hard he worked, people only ever saw them.

It was this desperate need for recognition that had driven him to secretly hand River the recording and N.O video devices. He had wanted to stop Ruud and Alina's wedding at all costs.

He knew that once Ruud and Alina were married, all the family's glany would belong to Ruud. Boris would truly becirrelevant. He couldn't let that happen. He wanted Alina gone. He wanted her and Tina to leave the Pace family forever.

But he had failed.

His heart pounded as though it might burst from his chest. His face was ashen, and his voice trembled, "Raud, if you're willing to giveone more chance, I'll make up for everything. I'll personally retrieve the recording and video devices from River and release the real truth online to clear Alina's name!" Ruud narrowed his eyes and released Boris from his grip. "You have until ten o'clock tonight to get it done." If Boris hadn't been useful, Ruud would have kicked him out of the Pace family on the spot.

"Alright." Boris didn't want to do it, but at this point, it was the only way to save himself.