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!”

hurled it to the ground. Screaming at Brook, she demanded, “Why are you

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

Corrie shrieked. “You

“Corrie, you’re delusional. You act

out a strangled sob before dissolving into tears and incoherent

good news. They had found Jennie’s missing friend. Though

Brook turned to her and asked softly, “Now that your

gaze. “Do you really

softened. “Love doesn’t check

uploaded on

might regret your choice,”

trouble over something that hasn’t even happened yet,”

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

I’ve been reading,” Brook replied, holding her hand. “It’s what I’ve been thinking ever

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