The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 812

After Citrine and Sebastian left, Theo and Quentin seemed like lost souls.

Kali stood off to the side, her face pale and eyes downcast. She bit her lip, struggling to keep her anger in check as she looked at the two of them.

"Quentin, Theo, you both promised you'd spend the day with me."

She was doing her best to keep it together, but her frustration still seeped through. "Sorry, Kali," Theo apologized immediately, realizing he'd been ignoring her.

Quentin, still preoccupied with Citrine's parting words, only snapped back to the present at the sound of Kali's voice. He forced a smile. "Let's go. We're with you now, whatever you want to do."

He managed a strained grin in her direction.

"That's more like it." Kali didn't notice their lack of enthusiasm. Once she saw their attention shift away from Citrine, her mood visibly improved.

But Theo's mind was still elsewhere he couldn't stop thinking about Citrine. All he wanted was to get this day over with. He hurriedly asked, "So, where to next?"

"Let's go to the mall," Kali replied without hesitation.

Theo frowned, just barely.

It wasn't that he was stingy. Even though the Glenwood family had gone bankrupt, he still had some money left-enough to get by. But if Kali kept shopping for luxury goods like she used to, his savings wouldn't last them more than a few trips.

He'd always doted on his little sister, but now, seeing her so oblivious to their situation, he couldn't help but feel she was being childish.

He was about to give her a piece of his mind, but before he could say a word, Kali's eyes went wide and she pleaded with him in the softest voice:

so long since I've bought

new bags

eyes. In the

him into saying yes-and

were different now. Instead of feeling indulgent, Theo just felt tired- and, if

rubbed his temples and sighed. "Kali, you already bought two bags this month. You know how things are for us now.

froze, not expecting Theo to be so harsh. "Are you saying you don't love me anymore?" Her eyes filled with tears as she looked pitifully

was cursing Theo

dragged on, until Quentin finally broke the tension. He patted Theo's shoulder gently. "It's just a bag,

replied coldly,

up with her he knew her too well. That look she

clearly wanted Quentin to step in and

a humorless laugh. Only today did he

know was now

only managed thanks to the Aldridge family's help. There was no reason for Quentin

at Kali with a

noticed, but she didn't

were finished, and Theo meant nothing

was to hold on to

Kali bought armfuls of new things, all paid for by Quentin. Theo tried to stop it, but in the end he just gave up. The whole ordeal

slipped into one of the new strappy dresses she'd bought earlier and snuck into Quentin's

bathroom. Kali pulled back the

pulled back the blanket, he found Kali