The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 235

Chapter 237

Citrine lay perfectly still, eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. She could feel Raymond's gentle hand carefully wiping her face, each stroke so light it tickled, making her expression shift ever so slightly despite her efforts.

Eventually, she couldn't keep up the act. With a reluctant sigh, she slowly opened

her eyes.

"Raymond, stop it. That tickles," she said, staring straight at him, her brow

furrowing.

Raymond smiled, putting the washcloth aside before settling softly on the edge of the hospital bed. "So you're finally awake."

"I wasn't sleeping," Citrine replied coolly, her gaze unreadable.

She searched Raymond's eyes, looking for any trace of irritation or

disappointment. There was none. Instead, all she saw was warmth and a quiet fondness.

tired? Do you

wasn't upset. He didn't even ask why she hadn't answered him,

asked, a

"There's nothing you could do that would make me angry." In truth, he'd known she was faking from the moment he came in, but he'd

confusion was

tone impossibly gentle as he looked at his innocent little girl. "A

Citrine thought of Sawyer-how he had never

for a moment. Instead, something else caught

to tighten it, but the moment his fingers brushed her skin, Citrine yanked her hand back,

you doing?" Her voice trembled slightly, as

clear,

softly, "Your bandage is loose. I

afraid of me?" Citrine's voice was flat,

she continued, "but when I have an episode, I don't just hurt myself-I can

was to protect her, but even if he had known, it wouldn't have

smile. "When I was abroad, I lost control once and stabbed a classmate in the thigh. The look in her eyes... it was like she was

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