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

Tracy's expression hardened as she

cheek.

hands, her voice turning to ice. "Who

launched into her account of the incident. "Mom, Corrine didn't just hit me; she attempted to murder me! She dragged

carried an edge of censure. His expression darkened

welling in her eyes. "I'm the victim here-struck and nearly thrown

contemptuous snort. "Then why didn't she attack

he said?" Rita stamped her foot in childish frustration, clinging to her

humiliation burned within her, demanding

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

woman, finding her background questionable and her demeanor inexplicably