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.

Yarbrough?" Sawyer had been so focused on Citrine, he hadn't even noticed who was with her. Now he recognized

on keeping her identity under wraps, Carlotta would've loved to tell Sawyer that the "little girl"

smile plastered on his face, though his eyes gave away his resolve-there was no way he was letting Citrine

her tone edged with amusement. "I was invited. I

gaze playful and challenging. "Do either of

startled glances. "Where

pulling every string they had in the medical community, neither father nor son had managed to secure an invitation for today's event. Yet Citrine had gotten one effortlessly. As they looked at each other, their shock was tinged with something

shifted tactics, his tone suddenly conciliatory. "Citrine, how about you let us have

clear in his voice. "We

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

just hand over her invitation,

much you want," Norton insisted, slipping into his usual