The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 258

Chapter 260

But now, every word Clifford had once thrown at Citrine echoed in his mind with painful clarity.

He remembered snarling at her, "Citrine, why do you have to lie all the time? That was a gift from Jeanette, not you. If you keep insisting, I swear I'll hit you."

He remembered another time, his voice sharp, "Citrine, if it weren't for Jeanette,

I'd be done for. If you try to take credit for what she did again, I'll beat you senseless."

Clifford remembered how angry he'd been, how he'd lashed out and kicked the little girl hard in the stomach.

Her face had gone pale with pain, but he'd just sneered and accused her of faking

it.

so

wonder she wanted nothing to do with him.

and slapped Jeanette hard across

Citrine wouldn't have been blamed and she

covered her cheek, but then smiled coldly at him. "Clifford, it wasn't me who didn't trust her-it was your family.

mocking. "But if blaming me makes you feel better, go ahead." With that, she turned and quickly left the

a daze, feeling as if all the

for all of us from that café on North Street," Laird jeered, pulling a few crisp hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and

through his mind he and Laird had treated Citrine the same way once, bossing her around, ordering her to do their bidding, even hitting her when they were

year, they'd humiliated her as

thinking of all he'd done to Citrine, the sting of humiliation from these guys didn't feel quite so sharp. Almost in a trance, he bent down, picked up the bills, and tucked them

their ridiculous

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