Chapter 109

The Carmichael Group was CICI Group's ideal partner, and both Raymond and Carlotta knew it all too well. With Carlotta also aware of Citrine's true identity, it took them barely five minutes to hammer out the details and seal the deal.

Citrine, however, didn't participate in the negotiations. Propping her head on her hand, she drifted off, lost in thought over whether she should buy out the Iverson family if their business went under. She was so absorbed that she didn't even notice the meeting had ended until Raymond called her name several times, snapping her back to reality.

Noticing the furrow in her brow, Raymond asked, "What's on your mind?"

She looked at him, her tone calm. "I was thinking about the Iverson family."

Raymond paused, surprised. Citrine was young, and even if she'd cut ties with the Iversons, he imagined she couldn't be entirely indifferent. As he was searching for comforting words, she continued, "I'm wondering when the Iverson family will finally go bankrupt."

Raymond blinked, taken aback. "Do you really want to see them go under?" The bitterness in her voice hinted at deep resentment.

She met his gaze and answered earnestly, "Absolutely." The Iversons' company, she reasoned, would make a perfect branch office for CICI Group in Havencrest.

But after a moment, she added, "But now's not the time." If they went bankrupt now, it would be letting them off too easily.

expression darkened, his eyes

earth had the Iverson family done to her? If all they'd done was slander her and send her abroad, surely that wasn't enough to warrant this level of

felt less like a dream and more

sleek black box from a bodyguard and

old man said, his usual sternness softened

Citrine smiled politely and

a quiet apology for the past. He had never

out of his way to be

on, open it," Weston encouraged, a rare warmth flickering across his usually severe

him and opened the

beautiful—a piece that

stunning," Citrine

a good eye," Weston replied, unable

you once bought for Aunt Margaret?" Raymond's shock

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