The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 15

Chapter 15 You're Unwelcome Here

Leah's tears cascaded down her cheeks, her voice trembling with emotion. "Everything has turned out this way because of me. I would endure any punishment-being struck, forced to kneel-if it meant returning to Bruce's side. I would do absolutely anything."

Bruce felt his heart constrict painfully at the sight of her tear-stained, exhausted face.

Without hesitation, he drew her into his embrace, his fingers tenderly brushing away her tears. "You mustn't blame yourself. How could you say such things?" Tracy observed the intimate scene with a subtle smile playing across her lips.

She rose silently and slipped from the room. At that precise moment, Rita burst in, one hand pressed against her face, her appearance disheveled and frantic. "Mom!"

Upon seeing her mother, Rita flung herself into her arms as though grasping for salvation. "You must defend

mel

hardened as she noticed the angry swelling

cheek.

her hands, her voice turning to ice. "Who dared to strike you

Corrine didn't just hit me; she attempted to murder me! She dragged me to the window on the fifteenth floor!

voice carried an edge of censure. His expression darkened as he recalled

welling in her eyes. "I'm the victim here-struck and nearly thrown from a building. How can you take

a contemptuous snort. "Then why didn't she attack me instead

her foot in childish frustration, clinging to her mother's arm. "I

within her,

tenderly touched her daughter's swollen cheek, her eyes gradually filling with icy contempt

never approved of the woman, finding her background questionable and