The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

Alicia's face was already streaked with tears; in this moment, she let go of the last shreds of her pride.

"Citrine, I regret everything," she choked out.

Her voice echoed across the room as she called out to Citrine.

Citrine hesitated, taken aback. She knew exactly how proud Alicia was-and just how hard it must have been for her to say those words.

But what did it matter to her now?

Alicia had been the one to betray her first.

With a quiet, almost mocking laugh, Citrine replied, "Too bad there's no such thing as a second chance in this world."

She paused, then added, "Everyone has to live with the consequences of their choices. I'll leave you with that."

coincidence, had just learned that she'd lost all hearing in her left ear. Citrine had locked herself away for days, refusing to

then, asking, "Do you regret it? If you hadn't saved me, you wouldn't have lost

already started shutting her out. She'd only given a flat, distant

words

up in her chest. Months of shame and guilt finally broke her down; she

sorry, Citrine. I shouldn't have

your ear would never have been

hurt so much every time you ignored me. I started picking fights with you at school just to get your attention. And when I saw you making

were raw and

stared at her, her eyes cold

because of your family," she said

from long ago the ones Citrine tried hard not to revisit-always brought

Alicia another glance. As she passed the

dredged up memories she'd tried to bury: the injury to her left ear, her best friend's betrayal, her family's lack of

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