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?"

the Ashton family teetered on

her lips into a thin line, silent for a long time before finally murmuring, "Let's just call it

ago, Bruce's timely intervention had saved her life. Without him,

even be

kept her from utterly

Karina, she contacted Jules and gave a simple instruction. "Take

loomed over her. She glanced up to see Nate standing before her, tall and commanding, his presence eclipsing

her chin upward. His expression was carved from stone,

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 you honestly think a scumbag

tugged into a slow, deliberate smile, one laced

prowess and Corrine's skill could have wiped

only

radiant with a bold, captivating energy that held his gaze hostage. "If I wanted

mind and unyielding determination, she could have rebuilt Ashton Group from ruin in just a year-or crushed them without breaking a

earlier words didn't address the

to explain, he decided not to push

feel uneasy. It was

as a scumbag was enough to

the Ashton

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