Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 946

The original photograph had been submerged in seawater, and the passage of time had severely degraded its quality. Even with the best digital restoration experts in the world, it couldn't be returned to its original perfection.

She could only make out the general silhouettes of her family members, except for one—

Coralie's eyes tracked downward, finally landing on the face of the youngest sister.

By some miracle, the little girl's face was completely undamaged. Every feature was striking and perfectly clear.

My baby sister.

Coralie gently traced the little girl's cheek with her thumb. Deeply buried memories suddenly began to claw their way to the surface.

Director Evans had told her it was impossible to find them. But Coralie had never given up hope. Back then, technology was limited, and her resources were scarce; it made sense that her search had failed. But now... she had a photograph. If she ran it through global data analysis, she might actually find them. Even just one of them.

Without wasting another second, Coralie grabbed her phone and called her intelligence team. "I need you to run a search. Yes, I have a photo."

Just as she hoped, she got an answer within two days.

"Most of the faces in the photo are too degraded for a precise match," the analyst explained carefully. "There are a lot of high-probability matches, and we're still filtering through the layers."

"But—" The analyst hesitated.

"What is it?" Coralie gripped her phone tightly, her voice hoarse.

"The youngest child... we found a facial match with an incredibly high probability." The analyst stammered, clearly terrified to confirm it. "But given the person's identity, we didn't dare proceed with deeper verification."

"Who?" Coralie demanded, her knuckles turning white. "Spit it out! Who is it?"

"The fiancée of the Schwartz Group's CEO. Juniper Payne," the analyst blurted out.

It was fucking Juniper Payne. Anyone who dared run a background check on her was asking for a death sentence!

Juniper Payne?

With her heart pounding, Coralie picked up a fresh pastry box from the table and headed out to meet Juniper. They had coincidentally scheduled to meet today anyway.

***

At the cafe.

Coralie sat at a corner table, constantly checking the door, her anxiety spiking with every passing second.

If Ms. Payne really was her little sister... that meant Juniper's family was her family too.

Five minutes later, Juniper walked into the cafe.

"Sorry, I got held up," Juniper said softly, pulling off her baseball cap.

She had just gotten a call from the hospital. Director Evans's condition had improved; he was expected to wake up in a day or two. She had also been running her own investigations.