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!”

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

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

shrieked. “You

delusional. You

out a strangled sob before dissolving into

with good news. They had found Jennie’s missing

deeply, feeling a weight lift off her chest. Brook turned to her and asked softly,

you really love me? I’m just an ordinary

eyes softened. “Love doesn’t

stories uploaded on

might regret your choice,” Jennie

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

smile. “What have you been

holding her hand. “It’s what I’ve been thinking ever since I met

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