Chapter 4
That idiot Citrine just decided she dider’t want it, and that was that
Jeanette watched the scene unfold, her eyes gluating with calculation
“Sis, I know you’re just joking. Please don’t be mail at Dad. It’s my fault–In the reason youre upset
What a manipulative little snake. Give this girl an Oscar already.
Well, since I’ve been given a second chance at life, anyone who crosses me is going to pay for it i
With a cold expression, Citrine mel everyones gaze and suddenly stepped forward, landing a shap slap across Jeanette’s face il
She grabbed Jeanette by the thinsal, figern lightening:
“If you keep pissing me off, fm not leaving “!
fn’t anyone ever leach your not to interrupt when someone else is speaking?”
Jeanette’s face turned an ugly shade of purple, her eyes wide with panic as she struggles for firmaths. For the first time, real fear flickered. in her eyes
Citrine finally let go, and the whole Iverson family seemed to breathe a collective sighs of relief|||
Norton and Clifford badat managed to protect Jounette, and both i faces were skinny with anger.
Seeing his little sister get slapped–twice, no less–and nearly choked, Clifford was done holding back
“Citrine, are you looking for trouble?” He swang ! det stight at Cibrine’s face.
As his punch came flying, Citrine sidestepped smoothly and kicked him.
Callord let out a giant and collapsed like a ry doll, sprawled on the floor, coughing sip blood, unable to move.
“Pathetic,” Citrine sneered, watching him struggle, a hint of a smile curling at her lips.X
In her past life, numors flew all over Havencrest about how the Iverson family’s eldest daughter was arrogant, vicious, and stupid. But no one knew how obedient she’d been, how desperately she’d tried to protect ivery member of the Iverson family)
The truth was, the Iversons would never accept berli
The resolve on Citrines face left Sowyer momentarily stummed i
He couldn’t even bring himself to sold her for hitting Jeanette and Clifford X
“You… you really mean to cul ties with ine?” he asked, voice fight with agitation.||
For a moment, he felt as though he was about to lose something truly important Xi
“Yes,” Citrine answered without hesitation. She couldn’t care less what they thought. Her legal documents were in her own hands now, their approval meant nothing.
Sawyer gave a bitter laugh. “Without the Iverson family, you’re nobody I won’t give you another cent–are you sure this is what you want?”)
“Absolutely,” Citrine replied, her voice steadyž
“Get out! Walk out that door and don’t ever think about coming back!” Sawyer roared, burling the bowl in his hand against the floor He didn’t really believe the girl would go through with it. She was just seventeen, no family to turn to–she’d never survive without him:
Citrine stared at the shattered bowl on the floor, unfazed.
Sawyer had adopted her when she was three. In the beginning, he’d loved her duarly. But a year later, when i long–lost biological daughter home, everything changed.
he brought Aline and his
They’d once shared happy moments as father and daughter–bul now, all of that was gone, shattered beyond repair, just like the bowl on the floor!
