The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 549

Chapter 551

Hearing Raymond's voice, Citrine froze for a moment.

She stared at him blankly, letting him snatch the cigarette from her hand,

completely forgetting to protest.

Since they'd reconnected, Raymond had always gone along with her wishes. This was the first time she'd ever seen him act so firm.

Was this it, then? Was he starting to dislike her?

In this world, it was perfectly acceptable for boys to smoke, but when a girl did, all she got was gossip and judgmental stares.

Of course Raymond didn't like it. Who could blame him?

As Citrine brooded over how her image in Raymond's eyes was probably ruined,

she heard his gentle voice: "Smoking's bad for you."

She looked straight at him, her gaze unwavering, when suddenly she felt something pressed into her hand.

Glancing down, she saw it was a tin of peppermint candies.

her eyes and said, "If you're feeling

one. They're

smoky bitterness was

was right-the taste was

Dickson household was anything

tidal wave of rumors swamping the

returned home from visiting

he just stormed over and slapped her, one blow after another, so hard

and scared,

that had dragged him down with her. So she

had watched the

He'd just finished reading

exposés about himself-worse than

his features as he glared at Jeanette, eyes full of regret and hatred. "I should never have let you and your mother into this

spent your life competing with Citrine Carmichael behind my back, but

me?" he spat, jabbing a finger

consequences would be this severe. Seeing the way her once-loving father now looked at her with nothing but

she could, Jeanette mustered her best innocent

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