Chapter 49

After the party began, Weston called Raymond away, leaving Citrine alone in the

corner.

No sooner had she found herself standing solo than a man approached, eager for an opening.

"Miss, may I have the honor of buying you a drink?" The man wore a tailored black suit and exuded meticulous polish from head to toe. He'd been watching Citrine for quite some time, unable to hide the excitement in his eyes as he finally made his move-he'd never seen anyone quite like her before.

Citrine glanced over her shoulder at him, the hunger in his gaze making her stomach turn.

"No, thank you," she replied coolly, withdrawing her gaze with barely concealed disinterest.

She'd met his type more times than she cared to remember in her previous life, and she'd never had any patience for men like him.

The man hesitated, clearly not expecting to be rebuffed so bluntly. His expression soured, but remembering that Citrine was Raymond's daughter, he swallowed his irritation and slunk away without protest.

each one harboring his own agenda-some drawn by her beauty,

found herself increasingly disenchanted. Rather than force herself to socialize and trade empty pleasantries for the sake

family was the crown jewel of Havencrest's elite, and the hotel they'd chosen for the soirée was as luxurious

suddenly startled by the unmistakable sound of

of young men were viciously beating someone dressed in a waiter's uniform,

a rocking chair, legs crossed, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He watched the violence unfolding before him with

and the shifting glow from the garden lights played over

him, the man seemed to sense her attention. He looked

by his face-handsome, with sharp, almost forbidding features and a wild,

her previous life, she'd spent her entire youth trying-and

hadn't met Theo Glenwood until she was eighteen. Now, fate

seemed caught off guard by the sight of her. There was something strangely familiar about this girl, though he was certain he'd never seen her

couldn't help but ask, "Have we

In her

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