Chapter 540:

Jayden was behind the wheel on the dark night, the threat of rain looming overhead. He pressed the accelerator, making his way toward Corrie’s location.

Upon receiving her location, a brief flicker of surprise had crossed his face, quickly replaced by realization. Today was the day of his grandpa’s gathering.

Jayden instantly grasped that Corrie had seized the opportunity to betray him and curry favor with Enzo.

The sudden death of the bodyguard monitoring Corrie solidified his suspicions: his grandpa had to be behind it.

Jayden’s expression chilled as he pondered Corrie’s deeper motives. He had always known she was ambitious, a woman striving to rise at every opportunity, but her audacity to align with his grandpa shocked him. Enzo was far from benevolent.

A throbbing pain in his abdomen jolted Jayden back to reality, and he accelerated even more.

Meanwhile, Corrie had been walking alone on the serpentine road for what seemed like an eternity. Just as rain threatened to fall, she heard the sound of a car horn. Looking up, she saw Jayden’s car approaching.

A flicker of smug satisfaction crossed her face as she hurried to the car and swung the door open.

Before she could even buckle her seatbelt, Jayden floored the accelerator, eager to leave. Corrie, unaware that Jayden had pieced together her connection with Enzo, feigned indignation. “Brook Owen is no gentleman.

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me on the way home without a second

and kept his focus on the road

did you stop pretending to be disabled? I thought you could keep up the act for a bit

concerned about me, you didn’t have to

snorted with disdain. “Stop the act. Do you think you can manipulate me as you

forced smile. “Why would you think that? That’s not what I

react. Instead, he stepped on the gas pedal and steered them toward a

She pulled out her phone, snapped a few selfies, and slyly captured part

a caption: “So happy to have a friend who’s

the

immediately understood that Corrie was deliberately causing

mutual friends, speculation began swirling about the identity of “the friend” mentioned in her post. Scrolling through the comments, Peyton’s heart sank as

worry about the fallout if

Elyse.

he quickly captured a screenshot of Corrie’s post and sent it to Jayden, confident that

the passenger seat. Time seemed to drag on, and

was startled to find they

puzzled expression, Corrie blurted out, “Where

remained stoic,

the car door, only to realize Jayden had locked

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