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.

Carmichael family, I've been having these dreams. They come to me, night after night—I see her being mistreated by those people who trafficked her, then living with the Iversons after Sawyer adopted her. I've seen her

every detail of his dreams, holding

he'd seen in his dreams, a strange expression washed over her face.

her gaze. "Do you really believe

these were only dreams, they felt far too real. Hilda could hardly tell the difference

confusion in her eyes.

dreams. But I can tell you with absolute certainty: everything you saw in

vivid scenes from her dreams were still burned into her memory. If all of it

Hilda wished desperately that it had all just been a nightmare.

too. But after each one, I sent people to investigate, and nearly everything I saw

of—it's Citrine's past life. In her previous life, she never broke ties with the Iversons, and she never acknowledged me as her father. She fell in love with Theo, only for him to hurt her again and again. She spent her life repaying the Iversons for raising her, and in