The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

It felt like being watched by a venomous snake utterly chilling.

Yet, there was something oddly familiar about that face. Citrine racked her brain, trying to recall where she might have seen him before, and before she realized it, she'd drifted off in thought.

Theo caught her staring and narrowed his eyes, a faint crease appearing between his brows.

"Are you here to stand up for him?" For some reason, seeing her attention fixed on another man made Theo distinctly uncomfortable.

Citrine turned away, her gaze cool as she met Theo's eyes. "I don't even know him."

"Sorry to interrupt. I'll let you get back to it."

With that, Citrine quietly turned and walked away.

Theo suppressed his strange irritation, forcing himself to look elsewhere.

Barely five minutes after Citrine left, the police arrived.

Their entrance was anything but subtle; suddenly, everyone at the party was looking at Theo.

to witness a scandal involving the city's most

the room was the fact that someone at Havencrest actually dared provoke this

of you, come with us to the station." The lead officer's voice was cold as

thunderous as he faced the

out of the party. "Bro, it had to be that girl who called the cops," one of the guys grumbled

up and, sure enough, spotted a slender figure

room, and in Citrine's gaze,

actually had the nerve to cross

snapped, shaking off

and pointed straight

sounded like a question, there was no doubt in

innocence. She met Theo's gaze without a hint of fear. "I'm

at her for a long

real trouble, but still-he'd been humiliated in public, his

other way around. This was

between Theo and Citrine hadn't gone unnoticed. While most people failed to catch the subtle exchange, every member of the

Raymond a sharp look.

isn't off-limits to her." With that,

eyes only for Citrine, ignoring Weston's words

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