Chapter 232

Ever since returning from Elbert's birthday celebration, she'd been in this state for days.

At first, Raymond simply assumed she was in a bad mood, and planned to check in when the moment felt right.

That evening, after work, he came home intending to talk to his daughter, only for the housekeeper to inform him she was in the bath.

Raymond didn't think much of it and settled downstairs to wait.

But two hours passed, and Citrine still hadn't come out. A creeping sense of unease finally took hold.

Surely nothing could have happened in all that time.

Raymond's nerves were frayed. His expression darkened as he rushed upstairs. He knocked on the bathroom door, his voice taut with anxiety. "Citrine? Are you alright in there?"

name again

shoulder into the door and burst inside-only to be met with a

crimson. Citrine lay motionless, her eyes closed, one hand

hesitate for a second. He lifted her out of the

icy cold. The pain that stabbed through

hospital, she was rushed straight into emergency

couldn't

from her heart- tormented him. Self-loathing twisted inside: how could he

slapped himself hard, twice, putting all his strength

went by. The operating room door

all arrived at the hospital. The moment they heard Citrine

and sharp under the harsh hospital lights. "How could you let this happen?" he spat. "She was fine until you got your hands on her. If you can't be a proper father, let me take her. I'll raise her

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