The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 166

Last time, Citrine had disrupted Sawyer's negotiations with CICI Group, and he hadn't forgotten. Now, seeing her here today, Norton felt a creeping sense of dread. Determined not to let her mess things up again, he decided she shouldn't be allowed inside.

"Your brother's right. You can't go in today," Sawyer said, echoing Norton's

sentiment. His gaze toward Citrine grew wary, as if she might ruin everything for him.

Citrine let out a short, incredulous laugh. "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to boss me around?" She was genuinely amused-if nothing else, the Iverson family sure knew how to keep surprising her, time and again.

Carlotta saw Citrine being pulled aside and followed, frowning. "What's going on here? Citrine's with me today," she said, clearly annoyed.

Carlotta had read enough online to know the gist of Citrine's messy history with the Iversons. Not that she'd ever had a high opinion of them, but now she could barely hide her disgust.

had been so focused on Citrine, he hadn't even noticed who was with

intent on keeping her identity under wraps, Carlotta would've loved to tell Sawyer that the "little girl" in front of him was actually the founder of CICI Group the

today." Sawyer kept a polite smile plastered on his face, though his eyes gave away

and was about to argue further when Citrine spoke up, her tone edged with amusement. "I was invited. I have an official invitation.

gaze playful and challenging. "Do either of you have an

exchanging startled glances. "Where did you get

an invitation for today's event. Yet Citrine

how about you let us have your invitation? We're willing to pay-name your price." He looked at her

well, desperation clear in

loss for words. "Are you two out of your minds?" she said, deadpan. "It's

she'd just hand over her invitation, they

pay. Just tell us how much you want," Norton insisted, slipping into his usual business-negotiation