The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 225

At that moment, Weston's mind was already racing with wild possibilities.

Maybe the girl had been upset by something at the birthday dinner today. Young people get frustrated-it's perfectly normal. Maybe she just wanted to vent her anger and did what she did to make herself feel better. That wouldn't be entirely unreasonable.

Or maybe she was just too young to understand how precious those pills really

were.

Weston ran through countless scenarios in his head, but when he heard Citrine's casual reply, his eyes widened in shock. He stood rooted to the spot, unable to move or speak.

"Oh, those things? I've got plenty of them," Citrine said with a nonchalant shrug, as if she were discussing something utterly mundane.

She actually had an entire stash of those pills back in her lab-she'd only recently finished developing them, and they were still practically fresh out of the oven.

Weston's mind was reeling. "You... you're calling that miracle drug just 'those things'?"

That was Vitaflux she was talking about the kind of life-saving medicine that money couldn't even buy.

Before his words had even faded, Weston suddenly remembered the second half of Citrine's sentence, and his expression grew even more incredulous. "Wait- you're saying you still have more?"

stared at her

nodded,

if he'd stumbled onto something

looked at Citrine seriously, lowering his voice. "How

exact amount. After a moment, she answered earnestly, "Probably

Weston's eyes

said offhandedly, "If you like,

so generous about it, as if those pills were nothing special as if

Weston was speechless.

Even if the girl had a lot, the fact that she could hand them out without

might be taken advantage of someday, Weston's face suddenly turned serious. “Listen to me, kid. When you're out and about, you absolutely cannot let anyone know you have Vitaflux. And don't just give them away,

to say she knew what she was doing, but

didn't ask any more questions, even though he still had no idea how

with a pillbox; instead, she'd soaked the pills in a special solution, which

he immediately had a special lab-grade safe installed,

these miracle drugs was worth a fortune-billions, even—and more importantly, they could save a life at

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