The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 51

Chapter 51 Not Difficult To

Understand Someone

Nate didn't seem in any rush to start eating. Instead, he picked up the king crab in the center of the table, his hands deftly working the crab legs with a swift, practiced motion of his knife.

Handling crab legs wasn't a simple task. Most people would have appeared. clumsy in the process.

It was exactly this reason that Corrine, despite her craving for crabs, had restrained herself from trying one.

Yet Nate's fingers-long and precise-wrapped around the fork and knife with ease, his movements smooth and graceful, almost hypnotic.

As Corrine averted her gaze, she was surprised to find a perfectly prepared

crab leg on her plate.

"Thank you," she said softly, her voice betraying a hint of surprise. She lowered her head to take a bite, and then glanced at Nate, her curiosity piqued. "You seem to know me well."

to meet her gaze, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips. "It's

narrowed slightly,

a sip of wine, his deep voice. carrying an irresistible allure. "You're right here in front

was still a trace of something unreadable in her

could see straight through her. "I've learned

unexpected tenderness, softened as he spoke. "But I want to understand you more deeply. Would you

heart beneath a

man, whom she'd known for only a few days, to understand her so

Bruce, only to realize he had never truly

time-that eventually, Bruce would learn to see her for who she

wasn't difficult to understand her-rather, it was about whether the other person

Nate's sincere gaze, watching him hold his wine glass with quiet honesty. Finally, she lifted

you with time," Nate replied, his voice

conviction.

restaurant,

home.