The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 405

Sensing Monica's odd behavior, Citrine ordered a thorough investigation into the Saunders family once she got home.

She hadn't expected to discover that the man she'd encountered at the Titan Showdown was also a Saunders.

Thinking back on the strange things Wade had said to her at the competition, and connecting those with Monica's peculiar actions, everything finally made sense.

Citrine had figured out exactly what Monica was after that day.

So it turned out Monica had wanted her DNA sample for testing.

Citrine sat in her chair, her gaze darkening as she mulled it over.

Then she plucked a hair from her head, sealed it in a plastic bag, and instructed someone to deliver it to Crestwood Medical Research Center. She also had them collect Hilda's DNA sample and send it along for testing.

Hilda had spent years searching for her lost daughter, so her DNA was stored at the hospital, easy to retrieve.

Crestwood Medical quickly ran the test, placing both samples together and, in less than an hour, sent the results to Citrine.

file with a calm expression and

was spelled out clearly: Probability

result, pausing only for a split second before closing

about her origins-apart from the accidental discovery that her birth father was Raymond, she'd known nothing of

had a mother didn't bring her any

long gone. Citrine was strong

thumb, she deleted the report from her phone and put the entire matter out of her

getting ready for

Come downstairs. I'm

down, but then remembered she'd been ignoring Hastings for quite a while. Maybe she'd been a bit too cold to him lately, so she

changed into a comfortable tracksuit, left her face bare, and headed

saw her,

wearing only a hoodie, and his hands

this." The moment Citrine stepped outside, Hastings pulled a hand warmer from his pocket and

warmth spread through

hands had been when they brushed against hers-cold