The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress novel 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.

Raymond met her eyes and said, “If you’re feeling down, have something sweet instead.”

“Try one. They’re really good.”

Citrine popped a candy into her mouth, and the smoky bitterness was replaced by a cool burst of mint.

He was right—the taste was wonderful.

Meanwhile, the Dickson household was anything but peaceful.

Dick was raging, cursing at the tidal wave of rumors swamping the internet.

Just then, Jeanette returned home from visiting Kali.