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, his

in him. He glared at Jeanette, then marched over and slapped her hard across the face. The sound cracked through the

it weren't for you, we never would

to the side, a vivid handprint blooming on

anger. "After everything you've done-you're the one who drove Citrine away. If not for you,

glared at her, his jaw

something else. The real

harsh snort. “Didn't Citrine try to explain? Did any of

clinging to his legs, sobbing so hard she could

you have to believe me. I didn't lock you

it was Jeanette! She put

got help when you fell in the

back then? Norton could still recall his own cold stare, the disgust in his