The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 450

"Let's open it up and see."

Aline took the package from Dick and fetched a box cutter. With careful, deliberate strokes, she sliced through the cardboard, peeling it open bit by bit.

When she saw there was just an envelope sitting on top, a little relief washed over her. Her whole body seemed to relax.

She reached inside, about to pull the envelope out, but as soon as her fingers brushed against it, her expression changed in an instant.

"Aaah!" she shrieked, lurching back and flinging the box across the room.

"What happened?" Dick demanded, seeing the color drain from her face.

Aline was visibly shaken; her hands were trembling, her voice choked with fear. "I... I felt something soft. And warm. And... it moved. It's alive, Dick."

That's when Dick noticed the blood smeared on her hand. "You're bleeding," he said.

in there." Aline couldn't stop her hands from shaking. The memory of

few feet away. He approached it with caution, picking it

he saw what was in there,

"It's a rat. Someone stabbed it right through,

rat. Her stomach lurched, and she bolted for

came back out, she looked drained, as if every ounce of strength had left

weakly, "It was Citrine. It had to be that bitch. She's

I was careful. There's no

envelope lying on the floor. He

second thought, Dick plugged it into the

filled with a

at random and hit

each other's arms right out on the street. Aline's belly was huge-impossible to miss that she was heavily pregnant.

Aline and Dick together before her wedding

screen, Aline