The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 140

That was actually pretty creepy, to be honest.

Carney rubbed his arms, shivering a little. "Dude, can we switch topics? I've got goosebumps everywhere."

"Get outta here," Travis shot back, but he was in a good mood and didn't even bristle at Carney's teasing tone.

Springer grinned. "Travis, I didn't peg you for the overprotective brother type. Honestly, you should just embrace it-go all-in on being the doting sibling."

Travis didn't snap back this time. He seemed to be thinking about it, and after a brief pause, he shrugged. "Not the worst idea." So what if he spoiled Citrine? She was his sister, after all.

The others looked at the brother and sister, a little envious.

Truth be told, if any of them had a sister like Citrine, they'd probably want to spoil her rotten too.

Besides, when Citrine spoke up for Havencrest Technical College earlier, it had hit them hard-inspiring and moving them in a way they couldn't quite shake off. Even now, the memory of her words still left a strong impression.

After halftime, Travis and the guys headed back onto the court.

teams was palpable-one glance and you could

Clifford with a cold stare, and Clifford didn't back down

after Travis, like he'd brought

Clifford's aggression head-on. Maybe it was the conversation with Citrine that fueled him,

personal vendetta and lack of teamwork cost his

soon as the game ended, Laird and Gideon hurried

"Clifford, what

diplomatic, his frustration obvious. "Why were you

on him, we

words were out before Laird realized how harsh they sounded. He quickly apologized. "Sorry, Clifford. I didn't mean it like

pressed tight.

You-" Another teammate glared at Clifford, about to say more,

in his mind. He couldn't quite explain his behavior-he'd just kept going after Travis,

all he could see was Citrine calling Travis "big brother." Clifford felt like he was

to hate Citrine-hate

sister.