The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 350

The movie ended just as dinner time rolled around, and Hastings took Citrine to an upscale restaurant.

After they ordered, their conversation drifted, light and sporadic.

Finally, Hastings mustered the nerve to ask what he'd been dying to know. "So... do you have a boyfriend?"

Without missing a beat, Citrine shook her head. "No."

Hastings pressed carefully, "And what's going on between you and Sebastian?"

Citrine's brow twitched, her tone flat. "There's nothing between us."

She set her fork down and looked Hastings straight in the eye. "You seem awfully interested in Sebastian and me. Are you jealous?"

Hastings scoffed, refusing to answer. "Sebastian's trouble, you know. He's got nothing to offer you."

Citrine thought, Well, the 'trouble' part's true, but being broke isn't exactly his problem.

Still, she had no intention of exposing Sebastian in front of Hastings. Between the two, she disliked Hastings more anyway.

Citrine's smile faded a little as she met his gaze. "So Sebastian has nothing to offer me. And you do?"

at her, suddenly earnest. "How do you know I

want doesn't come

about." The Coopers were one of the wealthiest families

just smiled and let it

respond,

finished, Hastings drove Citrine back to Verona

doors right away. Instead, he turned to her and, with a hint of

searched for her number, and sent the friend request back. Then she handed the phone

hide his good mood.

hesitated, then shrugged. "Depends on my

could say anything else, she slipped out of the

her walk away, torn

was sly as

Hastings got a sudden urge and posted to

movie screen and

in almost

you'd actually pull it

are you introducing her to the rest of