The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 247

After leaving the Jensen estate, Citrine heard that the Carmichael Group had called a shareholders' meeting.

Manley was there too.

A sense of unease gnawed at her.

She didn't dare waste a second-Citrine rushed straight to the Carmichael Group headquarters. When she arrived, she saw Raymond at the end of a long boardroom table, pen in hand, signing away his position as CEO.

She froze in the doorway, her face draining of color. In the next instant, she darted forward and snatched the pen from Raymond's grasp.

"Citrine? What are you doing here?" Raymond stared at his daughter in surprise, but beneath it, shame flickered in his eyes.

He hated for her to see him like this-broken, defeated. It was humiliating.

Citrine's face was composed, almost cold. She met her father's gaze, her voice steady and clear. "You can't sign that."

Raymond tried to smile, ruffling her hair with a trembling hand. "Citrine, you're still young. You don't understand-this is the only way to save the Carmichael Group. If I don't step down, the company will go under."

eyes never left his. There was a stubbornness there, fierce and unyielding and maybe even a flicker of concern for him, though

the scene unfold,

would never reconcile that much

saw how ruthlessly he was forcing her father out, she'd

throat. "Citrine, if you stay with Raymond, life's only going to get harder. Why not come with me?

his lips together, avoiding Citrine's eyes, afraid of finding only

to think of Manley these days, and her tone chilled. "As long as I'm

at

taken aback. Citrine had always been affectionate with him—she'd practically doted

unmistakable. She

stung. Something twisted in

arms of his

the

wait for a response, simply turned and

a look, but no matter how confused they were,

ended up in