Chapter 472

As I kept my eyes on Conrad, his reaction was the answer I needed. "Maddie," he called my name softly. "Don't overthink it." Overthink? I hadn't been, but his words made me start to. "Zack and Bree knew, didn't they?" I asked, though it was more of a statement than a question. They had raised me for so many years—how could they not know my blood type? "Maddie, when they brought you into the Gildon estate, they had a responsibility to you. It's not wrong that they knew these things," Conrad explained earnestly. Yes, it wasn't wrong for them to know me so well, to be aware that I was Rh-null blood type, just like Chris. But the fact that they never mentioned it felt wrong. "Maddie, why aren't you saying anything? Please, don't think too much. My parents have always treated you like their own daughter. They would never have any ulterior motives," Conrad explained. The sincerity on his face almost made it seem as if he was afraid I would misunderstand. But there was a saying, "The