The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 122

Chapter 122 Owed Him A

Debt

With Corrine's abilities, she had the power to resurrect the Ashton family-or destroy them entirely in the blink of an eye.

Back then, she made the bold, irrevocable choice to stand by Bruce, even if it meant

severing all ties with the Ford family. Karina never truly understood what Corrine had

seen in him.

"Was it for money?" Karina had once asked. But that didn't make sense; the Ford family's wealth easily reached hundreds of billions.

"Was it for status?" The Ford family stood at the pinnacle of Lyhaton's elite, unrivaled

and untouchable.

"Was it for Bruce himself?"

believe. Back then, the Ashton family teetered

for a long time before finally murmuring,

timely intervention had saved her life. Without him,

be

utterly annihilating the Ashton family, despite their

Jules and gave

her thoughts still tangled, when a shadow loomed over her. She glanced up to

chin upward. His expression was carved from stone, his gaze dark and impenetrable, sharp enough to cut through any pretense.

voice low and firm. "Is Bruce the reason you won't marry me?" Corrine's brows drew together, her eyes flashing with a trace of coldness. "Do

slow, deliberate smile, one laced

and Corrine's skill could have wiped

only deepened his

held his gaze hostage. "If I wanted to crush Ashton Group," she said,

determination, she could have rebuilt Ashton Group from ruin in just a year-or crushed them

words didn't address the question he

didn't want to explain,

that made Nate feel uneasy. It was

refer to Bruce as a scumbag

hesitance to act against the Ashton family

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