The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 280

Chapter 282

"I really don't know what kind of parents raise a kid like that—absolute

troublemaker. If that's how they turn out, they'll only cause chaos in the world later

on."

...

Jeanette listened to the crowd's scornful words until she couldn't bear it anymore. She finally burst out of the room.

Meanwhile, Clifford glanced at Sawyer, his tone bleak. "Dad, do you see it now? That's who Jeanette really is."

Sawyer pressed his lips together, at a loss for words. After all, the security footage didn't lie.

When the Christmas party ended, school let out for winter break.

Winters in Havencrest were bitterly cold, and for several days, Citrine barely left her bed. She felt down and listless.

She hated winter more than anything.

For people struggling to get by, winter was a nightmare. Citrine remembered all too well how, as a child, she didn't even own a proper coat. In the dead of winter, she washed her face and cooked with icy water, her hands always swollen and raw with chilblains.

and scavenge for scrap to

gave her life, and just as easily, threatened to

until

in her room, but Raymond told her there was a Carmichael family gathering that evening. She had no choice but to

at the venue, Citrine froze in

to Raymond. "Why are the

Raymond didn't answer.

with a wash of

could

arrangements shaped like trees-trees made entirely of cash,

furniture were custom-made, exuding

glanced at Raymond. "I've never celebrated

birthday? Today is your eighteenth, Citrine. I missed the first seventeen, but from now on, I'll be here for

member of the Carmichael family is here tonight,"

Weston, Salome, and Manley, Citrine suddenly broke into

too," Raymond added, just as Travis, Amelia, Carlotta, and the rest

Citrine. You have

always be here

Wishing you joy and peace

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