The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress (Citrine) novel Chapter 418

The officer let out a cold laugh. “Then why were you buying tampons for the other woman? Why were you so eager to help her? Anyone could see she was just faking it—you expect us to believe you didn’t notice?”

Hastings started to explain, but before he could get a word out, Theo slammed his fist on the table. “Who the hell are you calling ‘the other woman’?”

His face was twisted with anger, and he glared at the officers, looking ready to take a swing at them.

The two officers didn’t take Theo seriously at all. One of them calmly stood up and shoved Theo back down onto his chair, holding him there with a firm grip.

“You’re her brother, right? Then maybe you should keep your sister in line,” the officer said, unhurried and cool. “The young man obviously likes Ms. Carmichael, but your sister insisted he buy her tampons. Sure, maybe the guy should have set some boundaries, but this just isn’t right, is it?”

The older officer, a blunt and no-nonsense type, didn’t bother to soften his words. “Not right? It’s downright shameless—trying to play the other woman and not even embarrassed about it.”

“I don’t know what kind of parenting leads to this. If it were my kid, I’d give her a lesson or two so she’d know the meaning of dignity and self-respect.”

“Shut up,” Theo snapped, his face dark, his voice icy.

Young men were always quick to lose their tempers. The two officers exchanged a look, then wisely dropped the subject and turned back to the security footage.

On the screen, only Citrine and Kali remained in the lounge.

Kali crossed her arms and sauntered to stand in front of Citrine. “You see? Hastings always took care of me—even bought me tampons when I needed them.”

Citrine shot her a withering look. “That’s pretty shameless, isn’t it? Can’t believe you made him do even that for you.”

Kali bristled. “You—You’re the shameless one! If you hadn’t used your dirty tricks to seduce Hastings, he never would’ve paid you any attention.”