The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 591

At one in the morning, only a few windows glowed in the research center's vast building.

Once outside, the front entrance was deserted-completely still.

Citrine fished her car keys from her pocket, ready to head for the underground garage, when a voice called her name from behind.

She pressed her lips together, slipped the keys back into her pocket, and turned, the smile in her eyes fading as she faced the interruption.

She stood quietly, sizing up Theo, saying nothing.

Theo, on the other hand, was a bundle of nerves. After waiting the entire day, his patience had worn thin.

He glared at Citrine, jaw clenched in frustration. "Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting? It's been all day!"

Citrine widened her eyes, feigning innocence, showing not the slightest trace of guilt.

"I told you to get lost," she replied, her tone sharp and openly impatient.

Theo seethed, swallowing his anger since he had no way to vent it.

He forced his temper down and tried again, voice strained but civil. "Was it you who started those rumors about my family?"

a flicker of indifference.

laugh. "Yes, I leaked the story. Yes, I pushed it. I did everyone a favor. The Glenwood Group deserves to be exposed for what you are-peddling fake medication, lying to patients, costing them precious time, treating lives like they're worthless. You've done so much harm, you should be held

Carmichael, don't pretend you're some kind of saint. Show me a business that's truly clean-I don't believe for a second that

a Glenwood, Theo knew full well what the family business had done. This was simply how the world worked-ruthless, profit-driven, and, as

Glenwood blood-cold, calculating, and utterly

contempt in Citrine's eyes was unmistakable as she looked at

moment,

above board. Investigate all you

to hide. If

go ahead and

stared at her,

claim, but anyone in

one ever dared

out loud.

who did

companies were so clean there

to be so untouchable. For a

himself and pressed on, as if taking a deep