Chapter 1771:

Corrie’s protest came out weakly. “I haven’t sacrificed my conscience!”

Elyse’s voice was measured but relentless. “Then explain your tears. Why this emotional response? Are you crying because, despite all your schemes, Brook doesn’t love you and refuses to marry you? Corrie, what do you truly desire at your core?”

Corrie found herself speechless under such incisive questioning.

The sudden ring of her phone shattered the tense silence.

She answered with trembling hands, only to be met with her mother’s furious voice. “You useless fool! You can’t even secure a man. His family has arrived to cancel the engagement—you’ve humiliated me completely!”

The ground seemed to tilt beneath Corrie’s feet. Everything she had fought for slipped through her fingers, spiraling beyond her desperate grasp.

“Hurry home immediately,” her mother snapped. “We’ll go see Brook together!”

she hurled it to the ground. Screaming at

sighed. “Why should I? You lash out without thinking. You

Corrie shrieked. “You are the

cut in. “Corrie, you’re delusional. You act like Brook belongs to you, but he never

out a strangled sob before dissolving

before the bodyguards returned with good news. They had found Jennie’s missing friend. Though

her and asked softly,

hesitated, meeting his steady gaze. “Do you really love me? I’m just

“Love doesn’t check bank

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regret your choice,”

trouble over something that hasn’t

a faint smile. “What have you been reading lately? You’re starting to sound

not what I’ve been reading,” Brook replied, holding her hand.

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