The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 354

Jeanette let out a cold laugh. "It's not just me-Citrine knows everything too."

She paused to collect her thoughts before continuing. "To be precise, Citrine has always known what you did. I only found out after she left the Iverson family, when I went through her old laptop and saw those surveillance videos. Norton, what you did was far more vicious than anything I've done."

Norton stayed silent, so Jeanette pressed on, her tone almost casual. "Let me be honest with you. I was the one who locked you in that room. I'm the reason you missed your entrance exams. And when you fell into the lake, it was Citrine who ran to get help for you. I just took credit for what she did."

As her words sank in, Norton felt his heart plummet. Pain twisted across his face, and he clutched his head, barely able to breathe.

Oh God. All these years-what had he done to Citrine? Time and again, he'd nearly gotten her killed.

What shattered him even more was the realization that Citrine had always known about the things he'd done in secret. She'd known everything.

She was just a kid back then—a little girl who found out her own brother had tried

to hurt her, over and over. She must have been devastated.

eyes shut,

and slapped her hard across the face. The sound cracked through

If it weren't for you, we never would have blamed Citrine for any of

sent Jeanette's head snapping to the side, a vivid handprint blooming on her cheek. She stared at Norton in disbelief. "You dare

done-you're the one who drove

glared at

laughed, incredulous. "You Iversons are something else. The real culprit here is you

to explain? Did any of you listen?" Norton's pupils contracted.

legs, sobbing so hard she could barely speak-yet still desperately trying to

me. I didn't lock you in that

it was Jeanette! She put the

when

his own cold stare, the