The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 429

That day, Hilda made her stance clear in Crestwood's high society: if anyone so much as laid a finger on Citrine, they'd be considered an enemy of the Saunders family from that moment on.

When the news reached Kali, she was still recovering in the hospital.

She stared at her brother in disbelief. "How is this possible? Since when did Citrine get involved with the Saunders family?"

Theo shook his head. "No idea. Dad said Hilda showed up at our house today and made some serious threats. If he ever tries to go after Citrine again, there's no telling what that lunatic would do."

His voice dropped. "For now, we'll have to find you a different blood donor."

Kali pressed her lips together, disappointment clouding her eyes.

So close. If the Saunders family hadn't intervened, Citrine would've become her personal blood bank by now.

Seething, Kali cursed Hilda under her breath.

After a while, something else occurred to her. She looked up at Theo. "By the way -why hasn't Hastings visited me these past few days?"

It had been almost a week since Hastings last came to the hospital.

things between them, to get back to how they used to be. She

smile faded, replaced by

her brother's strange look, Kali frowned. "What is it,

a serious gaze. "Kali, you can't keep playing games with your own

color drained from Kali's face; a chill ran through

trying to act clueless. "Theo... What

"Don't pretend. I saw the security footage. You fell down the stairs on

froze, staring back at Theo,

she could open her mouth, he cut her off coldly. "If you want to come between Hastings and Citrine, that's your business. But hurting yourself to do it is just pathetic Only a coward tries to manipulate

that was all he'd deduced. She quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, Theo.

her hair. "As

promise." Kali nodded,

soon as she mentioned Hastings, her

quietly, "Theo... did

Theo nodded. "He did."

heart sank like

much and failed to break up Hastings and Citrine. Worse,

he hasn't visited... He