The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 419

Chapter 421

Citrine's lips curled into a sly, almost mocking smile as she looked at him, her words sharp and venomous. "Forgive you? Sure-if Kali just dropped dead."

Hastings recoiled, genuinely stunned by her cruelty. "You... you hate Kali that much?"

She held his gaze in silence for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "Relax. I'm just kidding."

Rolling her eyes in open exasperation, she waved him off. "Just go already. If you keep pestering me, I'll only end up despising you more."

It was obvious now-Citrine couldn't even be bothered to pretend with Hastings anymore.

Whatever hint of warmth had been on his face vanished, replaced by a cold, stormy expression.

"Citrine Carmichael, are you just messing with me?" His eyes hardened, an edge of menace flickering there.

She shrugged, utterly indifferent. "And if I am?"

How ridiculous, he thought bitterly. He was the only son of the powerful Crestwood Cooper family, a man with influence and status-yet here he was, being toyed with by a woman.

trembling with fury. "You really think you can treat me like this? Aren't

eyebrow, a faint smirk tugging at

knew full well he wouldn't dare lay a finger on her. That was exactly why she

laugh, his jaw working as he glared at her with a flash of something almost feral. "Why are you

me." She flashed him a wicked

enough for her. Citrine stifled a yawn, her patience clearly running out. "Enough. Don't

reply, she turned and strode away, making it clear she was

an instant. For the first time, a cold, unfamiliar fear

it chilled him to the bone. For the first time, panic crept

he realized Citrine might truly be finished

red, Hastings stared helplessly at her

her, his voice cracking, "Why... why are

Why?

asked him the

her relationship with Theo. He'd wanted her to meet Hastings

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