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

expression hardened as she

cheek.

in her hands, her voice turning to ice.

just hit me; she attempted to murder me! She dragged me to the window on

you to provoke her?" Bruce's voice carried an edge of

Rita protested, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm the victim here-struck and

snort. "Then why didn't

did you hear what he said?" Rita stamped her foot in childish frustration, clinging to her mother's arm.

humiliation burned within her,

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

her background questionable and