The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 625

Hilda stared at Raymond, stunned and silent, unable to find words for a long time.

The two of them sat in heavy silence until finally, it was Raymond who broke it.

"Let's go outside and talk."

"Alright." Hilda's answer was immediate-she was desperate to hear any news about her daughter.

Before they left, Raymond turned to Manley and gave clear instructions: "I'll be out for a bit. If the surgery ends, let me know right away."

Neither of them could settle their nerves about their daughter, so they found a quiet coffee shop near the research center, somewhere private where they wouldn't be disturbed.

being mistreated by those people who trafficked her, then living with the Iversons after Sawyer adopted her. I've seen her time on Mirage Cay, and I've seen the end— how the Iversons, together with Theo, betrayed her and led her to her

detail of his dreams, holding nothing

of what Raymond had said earlier. But as he described what he'd seen in his dreams, a strange expression washed over her face. Shocked, she looked

her gaze.

searching his face for answers, unable to speak. If these were

her

"I don't know why we're sharing these dreams. But I can tell you with absolute certainty: everything you saw in your dreams truly happened. None

memory. If all of it had really happened, then Citrine's life had

that it had all just been a nightmare. But Raymond

straight in the eyes. "At first, I thought it was just a bad dream too. But after each one, I sent

to tell you what I suspect. What we're dreaming of—it's Citrine's past life. In her previous life, she never broke ties with the Iversons, and she never acknowledged me as