The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 365

Sebastian was no longer the man he used to be. It was as if he had lost his memory, which meant all of Citrine's efforts up to now had been for nothing.

She looked at Sebastian and, quite suddenly, laughed.

"We're not enemies," she said lightly. "As far as I'm concerned, I didn't see a thing just now."

"You're clever," Sebastian replied, a faint smirk tugging at his lips.

He rose from the couch with deliberate slowness, closing the distance between them one measured step at a time until he was standing right in front of her.

Citrine was barely five-foot-five; Sebastian towered over her, close to six-foot- three. With him standing so near, he seemed to block out the world, and she had to tilt her head back just to meet his gaze.

She held his eyes, deliberately softening her tone. "Maybe you thought I was your enemy a minute ago, but now that we've cleared things up, maybe we could be friends."

“Friends?” Sebastian's expression twisted as if he'd just heard the punchline to a joke, and he let out a low, humorless laugh.

quickly as it came. His eyes turned cold, dark, and unflinching as he stared her down. "A little girl who's barely out of high school wants to be

"Of course I am. Otherwise, why would our company be invited to tonight's Shadow

of the Shadow Syndicate, Sebastian paused, a flicker of surprise crossing

them, I also know you're their leader- the very

curiosity. "How did

teasing,

It wasn't just that she knew about the Shadow Syndicate;

became, the less she wanted to tell him. "Why don't you take a

far more entertaining than simply giving in, and the wicked smile she

had spent years at the top, couldn't remember the last time someone had dared to toy with him. His

a menacing grin, and his voice dropped, edged with anger. "You think

his mood, Citrine realized she'd pushed him too far. She opened her mouth to say something-anything to diffuse the tension-but before she could get a word out, he

pounding

the backyard, only stopping by