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.

had to go out and scavenge for scrap to survive.

gave her life, and just as easily, threatened to take

haze until the day before New

she wanted nothing more than to hide away in her room, but Raymond told her there was a Carmichael family gathering that

the venue, Citrine froze in

Raymond. "Why are the

Raymond didn't answer.

up with a wash of colorful lights, and a gentle birthday song

Citrine could

on the lawn, there were dazzling arrangements shaped like trees-trees made entirely of cash, each one artfully constructed. The whole place looked warm and

chairs, and furniture were custom-made, exuding luxury.

as she glanced at Raymond. "I've never celebrated

could a child go without a birthday? Today is your eighteenth, Citrine. I missed

of us-every member of the Carmichael family is here tonight," Weston added, nodding for

at Weston, Salome, and Manley, Citrine suddenly

too," Raymond added, just as Travis, Amelia, Carlotta, and the rest came in, wheeling an enormous birthday

Citrine. You

be

birthday, Citrine. Wishing you joy and

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