Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2825

Mrs. Hughes frowned when she saw Thomas storm in, then instinctively hid behind her husband's back. She peeked at him tentatively and asked, "What does Denise have to do with your daughter disappearing?"

Mr. Hughes furrowed his brow, glanced at the guards who stood behind Thomas, then forced out a wry smile. "That's right. There must've been a misunderstanding, Mr. Howard."

"Misunderstanding?" Thomas scoffed, took out his phone, pulled up the news of Tina and Dan being arrested, and tossed his phone to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. "Tina's been arrested, and since Denise has always been her loyal partner-in-crime, there can't be a misunderstanding!"

The color drained from Mr. and Mrs. Hughes' faces.

The two of them exchanged glances and then picked up the phone.

A photo of Tina in handcuffs stared back at them.

Thomas was telling the truth; Tina and Dan had been arrested for murder.

Mrs. Hughes fell silent, her mind spinning at high speed.

More than 20 years ago, they had chosen to adopt a child out of their guilt for abandoning Luke. When Denise grew up to be a charming little lady, they decided to marry her off for social relations to aid their family's rise to power.

The Howard family was the only people who were worth their time and effort in doing this. Therefore, Denise's sole mission was to get married into the Howard family and become their daughter-in-law.

However, due to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes' distaste for Dan, they decided Thomas would be a better target and thus brainwashed Denise into thinking he was the love of her life and coerced her into plotting with Tina.

With Tina arrested and Denise gone without a trace, there was no point trying to protect her anymore, considering her and Tina's plan had failed miserably.

It was far more important to get on Thomas' good side in times like this.

At the thought of this, Mrs. Hughes curled her lips into a smile and batted her lashes innocently at Thomas. "You probably don't know this, Mr. Howard, but Denise isn't our biological daughter at all—we adopted her many years ago, and thus, what she does outside of this house has nothing to do with our family at all, and even until now, we're looking for her as well.