The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 106

The most attention-grabbing pair in the room was undoubtedly Sawyer and Jeanette.

"Ms. Yarbrough, The Iverson Group has a strong foothold in Havencrest. I truly believe we'd be the best partner for CICI Group," Sawyer insisted, pushing his way to the front of the crowd to speak to Carlotta, his usual air of superiority nowhere to be found.

Jeanette hovered just behind him, chiming in every so often to back him up.

But at that moment, Carlotta's gaze caught on something-or rather, someone— across the room, and her entire expression softened into a genuine smile. It was a far cry from the polite, professional mask she wore with the rest of them.

Everyone instinctively followed her line of sight.

"Isn't that President Carmichael?" someone whispered in surprise.

Without hesitation, Carlotta slipped through the crowd and strode straight toward Citrine.

The mood shifted instantly, a ripple of surprise and speculation passing through the gathering.

were left standing awkwardly in the middle of the room,

in the crowd, noticing Carlotta's warm demeanor toward the young woman beside President Carmichael, whispered, "Who's that girl?

easily, looking

this morning, chatting with the director of the Medical Research Council. She seemed pretty close with

giving way to growing frustration. Still,

jaw, cursing Citrine silently a thousand times

walked right over. "Citrine,

help but blush, remembering how Citrine must have seen her schmoozing awkwardly with the other representatives

Carmichael is interested in working with CICI Group. I thought I'd introduce

could tell Citrine still didn't acknowledge him as her father-otherwise,

hand to greet him.

with CICI, and she'd even argued that point with Citrine. But now, seeing him here, she had to admit— this young chairwoman really did have a knack for making

to suspect Citrine and President Carmichael had a much closer relationship than she'd