The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 11

Chapter 11 Do What You

Must

A sharp crack split the air as Corrine's palm connected with Rita's cheek.

The impact sent Rita stumbling backward, her smugness dissolving into stunned disbelief. Fury blazed in her eyes as realization dawned. "You... you actually dared to strike me?"

"Why shouldn't I?" Corrine's voice carried winter's chill. "What makes you think you're untouchable?"

In one fluid motion, Corrine seized Rita by the throat and thrust her toward the open window with devastating

force.

Rita's feet left the floor as her upper body dangled precariously over the edge.

The dizzying height of fifteen floors below sent waves of terror through Rita's body. Her vision swam as panic clawed at her throat. "Help! Someone please

don't mistake my patience for weakness," Corrine drawled, her tone deceptively casual "Since you can't control that tongue of yours, perhaps I

with that."

tightened her grip

wracking her frame as survival instinct took over. "Please, I'm sorry! I swear I'll

spectacle drew an inevitable crowd, phones emerging to

with calculated coolness. Her imminent return to the Ford family and their business interests demanded discretion. She couldn't afford a scandal

as your final warning!" Corrine's words dripped with contempt as

the immediate threat of death receded. Scrambling to her feet, she retreated while attempting one last show of bravado. "Corrine, you'll regret this! The Ashton family won't let this

gracing her features that only enhanced her

Ashtons held no power over her anymore. She had nothing

confrontation, she would ensure they learned their

in her room, Rita's revelation continued to haunt her. "Don't think I'm ignorant of why you vanished back

promises echoed

had given her heart

innocence.

forgotten the true circumstances of

expose her deepest trauma so carelessly, without

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