Chapter 192


    Upon seeing Collin, Elinor scowled and said. “How did he know I was in the hospital”


    This moming. Theo only dropped her off at the Mendoza family’s front door


    Did he have someone tailing me?


    Collin exined, “Because you have his phone, he can track its location.”


    “Oh.”


    Elinor looked down at the phone in her hand, feeling a bit peeved at being remotely monitored.


    Collin continued, “He also knew you called an ambnce, but because of an important meeting in the


    company today, he couldn’t leave and asked me to check on you.”


    “I’m fine, it’s my stepmother who got a bit hurt”


    “d to hear you’re okay. Mrs nchet”


    The way Collin kept addressing her as Mrs. nchet made Elinor feel ufortable


    She remembered that before this, Collin always called her Ms. Mendoza, she wasn’t sure why he


    suddenly changed his tune.


    She didn’t want to delve into the issue of a simple address, so she asked, “Where does Theo want you


    to take me?“,


    Collin replied, “Nowhere in particr, he just ordered me to get you home safely.”


    It seemed thatst night’s kidnapping incident had made Theo more cautious


    “Alright, let’s go then!” Elinor nodded, saving herself the hassle of hailing a cab.


    She was worn out and just wanted to get home and rest!


    As the car drove along. Elinor rested her cheek on her hand and stared out the window, lost in thought,


    her emotions a jumble.


    Today, Chase told her that she wasn’t Arnold’s biological child, and the news was a big blow to her.


    If she wasn’t Arnold’s daughter, then whose daughter was she?


    Who was her biological father? Why did he abandon her and her mother?


    And why did Arnold take her back to the Mendoza family, raising a child with no blood ties to him?


    What was his motive?


    Moreover, Arnold didn’t really want to raise her. Not long after he brought her home, he sent her to the


    countryside!


    All these questions formed a giant puzzle in her mind.


    By the time the car reached the nchet family home, Elinor had fallen asleep.


    Collin carefully woke her up


    “We’re here.”


    Elinor rubbed her eyes and woke up. She looked out the window to confirm they were at the nchets,


    then unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.


    Collin quickly followed, saying, “Wait a moment, please!”


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    Elinor stopped and turned around, asking sleepily, “What’s up?”


    Collin went around to the back of the car and opened the trunk. “He had some stuff for me to give to


    you;e see if it’s what you were looking for”


    What stuff?


    Elinor was puzzled, walked over, and saw in the trunk three beautifully wrapped paintings–the three


    remaining works of her mother from the Bartlett Rex gallery!


    Collin exined. “These are the three paintings he bought for you; check if they’re the ones you


    wanted”


    Elinor was momentarily stunned, then realization hit her: ‘Oh, yes! But how did Theo get this painting?


    Didn’t Bartlett say he wouldn’t sell it?”


    Collin exined, ‘Bartlett and Mr. nchet are old friends, and a lot of Bartlett’s business relies on


    cooperation with the nchet family, so naturally he would give Mr. nchet some special privileges”


    So that’s how it was!


    Elinor gently stroked the paintings, feeling deeply moved. It felt like, through these paintings, she could


    touch the warmth of her long lost mother….


    So, when Theo said he would treat her well this morning, this was what he meant!