The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 322

Theo could sense Citrine's dislike for him, and it threw him off for a moment. "Do you really hate me that much?" he asked, his voice uncertain.

From the very first time they met, he'd felt her animosity-an almost palpable disgust that seemed to radiate from her.

Citrine nodded, not bothering to hide her disdain. "At least you're self-aware. Since you know I can't stand you, why don't you stop parading yourself in front of me?" She didn't even try to mask her revulsion; it was written all over her face.

Her expression was like a slap, and it stung more than Theo cared to admit. He swallowed his discomfort, forcing himself to ask, "Have we met before? Did something happen between us?"

He studied her closely, genuinely invested in her answer.

In their last life, they'd been together for a decade, and in all that time, Theo had never once cared about her feelings or bothered to understand her. Now, as he gazed at her with concern, it almost felt like a cruel joke. She'd never seen him look at her this way-not even at the end.

Pathetic.

Citrine looked at his serious face and suddenly laughed. "Oh, we've got history. The kind that's written in blood."

Theo thought she was joking and let out a chuckle. "You're funny, you know that?"

you." For some reason, just looking at her made his

her, it was different. From the moment they

found his

shook her head, fixing him with a look of utter contempt. "Shame for you, but I

had always been the golden boy-envied, admired, put on a pedestal wherever he went.

really faced rejection before, so he didn't believe for a

one hated for no reason; if they did, it was only

curled his lips into a smirk. "Citrine Carmichael-two billion.

practically laughed in

not good enough for you?" Theo assumed she wanted to be his official girlfriend, and the look in his

rule Havencrest, but in all of Crestwood, you hardly make a mark. You really think you're girlfriend material?

humorless laugh. She had no idea where his arrogance came from. "If I wanted

a slow,

just stared at him,

respond, Theo