The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 353

Norton stared at his sister in disbelief, anger flaring for the first time in his life.

"Jeanette, after all these years, what has the Iverson family ever done to wrong you? We treated you like a princess-isn't that enough?"

His voice shook with frustration. "Now that the family's lost everything, you suddenly look down on us. How could you be so shallow and vain?"

He spoke through clenched teeth. "Clifford was right. You really are ungrateful."

The Iverson Group had gone under; the family held no value for Jeanette anymore.

Now, with Norton's finger pointed in her face and his words ringing out, Jeanette had no intention of holding back.

it that you're broke now? I'm embarrassed just to be associated with you. If you think I'm so ungrateful, why don't you go beg Citrine to come back? She actually cared about you all-look where that got her. In the end, she cut all ties with the Iversons

expression faltered. He looked at Jeanette, searching her face.

you home from that orphanage. Without her, who knows if you and your brother would even be alive today? And how did

gave a bitter laugh. "Clifford led the kids at school to bully her. You never trusted her either-you accused her, blamed her for everything. Some big

were me, I'd

was spinning, fragments of the past flashing through his head— Clifford's accusations, Jeanette's

why did you always target Citrine? She was the one who donated blood to save Clifford, she took

I wanted to be the

wanted to take everything from Citrine. I wanted the Iversons to be

Norton had believed that Jeanette was just too young to cope with the family's downfall. Only now did he see the truth-she had been rotten at the core all along. The sweet,

you were born cruel," Norton said coldly, his eyes empty of brotherly affection, filled