The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 719

After Jeanette was taken away, Herschel's birthday banquet carried on as if nothing had happened.

Despite the unpleasant scene Jeanette caused earlier, Citrine couldn't help but feel a flicker of satisfaction at the thought that Jeanette would probably be stuck in a holding cell for quite a while.

Just then, Citrine's phone buzzed.

She glanced at the screen. The caller ID showed it was from the Federated States of Magnolia.

With a calm expression, she pressed the answer button.

A low, gruff voice came through. "Boss, Aline's a coward. The minute she got in, she managed to piss off the warden. Now those people are torturing her—she's barely hanging on."

Citrine watched the guests in the banquet hall, laughing and clinking glasses, her tone casual as she replied, "Barely hanging on is good enough. As long as she's not dead, I don't care."

As she spoke, an idea occurred to her. Lowering her voice, she added, "Tell Aline her precious daughter's been arrested."

Without waiting for a response, Citrine hung up.

some powerful, wealthy man into getting her out. By letting Aline know her daughter was behind bars, Citrine had just

that wasn't Citrine's

waiter and slipped out to the balcony

that night, and a gentle breeze made her feel more at ease than she had in

Saunders family was berating Gorman, with Herschel's voice rising above all

giving Citrine's company trouble, but it was you

punch, so

gut. "I honestly thought you'd just found another imposter. How was

would've come home right away. He never would've let things get so bad between him and

a lesson you

nearly thirty. Can you stop threatening to beat me up every time you're mad?" Gorman grumbled, but he gently pushed Herschel down

only huffed in annoyance, muttering, "Citrine's

had a tough life,

agreed

split her time between both families. I'm warning you-if this mess makes her real father hold it against us,

anger was real and