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.

Citrine, he hadn't

today." If Citrine weren't so intent on keeping her identity under wraps, Carlotta would've loved to tell Sawyer that the "little girl" in front of him was actually

today." Sawyer kept a polite smile plastered on his face, though his eyes gave away his resolve-there was no

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

looked from Sawyer to Norton, her gaze playful and challenging. "Do either of you have an

glances. "Where did you get an invitation?"

they had in the medical community, neither father nor son had managed to secure an invitation for today's event. Yet Citrine had gotten

us have your invitation? We're willing

clear in

at a loss for words. "Are you two

hand over

want," Norton insisted, slipping into his usual business-negotiation