Chapter 242

"Wait, weren’t you the host that day?" Sarah blinked in surprise. "Yeah, I helped you win that bid, Little Nine," Patrick said with a light smile. "You’re... really my brother?" Sarah still looked doubtful, but Patrick just gave a small nod, calm and steady. "Little Nine, it’s been so many years. Finally, I get to see you again." As he looked at her—still as bright and innocent as the little girl from back then—his smile grew deeper. He reached out and pulled her into a hug. After all this time and searching, he’d finally found her. He only let go after a while. Sarah sat down on the sofa, her gaze on Patrick a bit complicated. After all, she hadn’t forgotten—he practically “kidnapped” her onto that ship. But Patrick didn’t seem to notice the suspicion in her eyes, and instead, he sighed lightly. "You’ve really grown up, Little Nine. You look more and more like your mother. Heard you married Alexander Barron?" Thinking back to the girl he used to watch grow up, now married—and to that