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.

with a calm expression and flipped straight to

was spelled

at the result, pausing only for a split second before closing

last life, she had never learned anything about her origins-apart from the accidental discovery that her

she actually had a mother didn't bring her any joy. Of course, she had no

a mother was long gone. Citrine was strong now; she

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

and was getting ready for bed

downstairs. I'm outside your

a little irritable. She almost typed out an excuse to turn him 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 her

left her face bare, and

Hastings saw her, his

suddenly plummeted. Hastings was waiting outside wearing only a hoodie,

a hand warmer from his pocket and thrust it into

warmth spread through her

couldn't help notice how icy his hands had been when they