The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 364

Her eyes widened in shock as she stared at the figure sprawled on the floor beside her a man, drenched in blood from head to toe, so battered he was barely recognizable as human. The only reason Citrine could tell he was a person at all was the matted hair on his head.

At that moment, a faint, amused chuckle echoed through the room. "So easily frightened."

If you listened closely, you could hear genuine delight in the voice.

The sound was oddly familiar. Citrine forced herself to steady her nerves before looking up.

"Sebastian?" Her pupils contracted, disbelief written all over her face.

"You know me?" Sebastian paused, narrowing his eyes as he regarded her.

Citrine froze, unable to process what she was hearing. "You... don't remember me?"

A flicker of irritation crossed Sebastian's eyes, and his tone turned colder. "Who are you? Should I know you?"

What's going on? Did he lose his memory?

saw each other at Crestwood University not long ago. You even walked me back to my

to your dorm? Is this a joke?" Sebastian laughed, but the sound

at her as if she were already dead. For a moment, Citrine felt as if the blood in her

voice to remain steady. "I'm not lying to you. If you

low, contemptuous laugh. "And what makes you think you're

dressed in an immaculate black suit, his short hair perfectly styled.

air

Sebastian she'd known. In his place was someone cold and venomous, exuding a

tried, Citrine couldn't reconcile the warm, refined Sebastian from her memories with the

known for his ruthlessness-head of the Stellaris Group, and by all accounts,

finally asked, "What are you planning to

demeanor seemed to amuse him; a glint of excitement flickered in his eyes. "Feed you to the wolves? Or toss you into the ocean

paused, then added, "Unless you'd rather choose

He's insane.

met his gaze, a faint smirk tugging at her lips. "I'll pass. I don't plan on