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

to you? Tracy's expression hardened as

cheek.

cradled Rita's face in her hands, her voice turning to ice. "Who dared to strike you

incident. "Mom, Corrine didn't just hit me; she attempted to murder me!

to provoke her?" Bruce's voice carried an edge of censure. His expression darkened as he recalled Corrine's earlier

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

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

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

burned within her,

cheek, her eyes gradually filling with

woman, finding her background