The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress novel 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.

As soon as they sat down, Raymond picked up the conversation right where they’d left off. “Ever since Citrine returned to the 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 time on Mirage Cay, and I’ve seen the end—how the Iversons, together with Theo, betrayed her and led her to her death.”

Raymond recounted every detail of his dreams, holding nothing back.

Hilda had doubted the truth 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 at him, her voice barely a whisper. “Why would we have the same dream? What is this, really?”

Raymond fell silent for a moment, then met her gaze. “Do you really believe it’s just a dream?”

She looked back at him, searching his face for answers, unable to speak. If these were only dreams, they felt far too real. Hilda could hardly tell the difference anymore.

He paused, considering his words. “I know this is hard to believe, but I have 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 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 the end, at twenty-eight, her life ended in tragedy.”

“Because of all that pain, when she was reborn, Citrine cut all ties with the Iverson family and returned to the Carmichaels. She didn’t end up with Theo again, and whatever debt she owed the Iversons, she’d already paid in her last life. So now she can walk away from them, free of guilt, with nothing left binding her to that family.”

Hilda had already read the assistant’s investigation report. For years, Citrine had done everything she could to please Sawyer and the Iversons, always obeying their every command. Then, out of nowhere, two years ago she broke off all contact with them and sought out her birth family.

What’s more, every person who had helped Citrine in those dreams now worked for her, and even those who didn’t were moving in circles that benefited from her support.

The evidence was overwhelming. The past life they’d dreamed of had left deep marks on this one, and everything was finally starting to make sense.