The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 129

Chapter 129 Very Sweet

Just as Corrine felt herself losing balance, Nate materialized beside her, his steady arm catching her around the waist.

"Are you okay?" Concern laced Nate's voice.

"I'm fine," Corrine assured him.

"Sorry, did my daughter bump into you?" The girl's father looked at Corrine apologetically.

Corrine shook her head, dismissing his worry.

The father's expression shifted as he turned to his daughter, crouching down to meet her eyes. "Didn't I tell you not to run around when we're out? If this happens again, our outings will have to stop."

"Daddy, I'm sorry." The little girl's fingers found their way to her father's sleeve, her eyes swimming with tears. "Daddy, could I have a lollipop?"

The father's stern facade crumbled at his daughter's pleading. "Promise me you won't run around anymore."

"Okay,” she whispered.

arms around her father's neck,

stirred something deep within Corrine, casting a shadow across her usually

from her reverie, she discovered Nate

finding him approaching with a lollipop

having noticed

hesitation and tasted it, its sweetness

mind earlier?" Nate inquired, having caught both the flash of sadness in her

stick, her demeanor cooling. "Just remembering

remembering, let them go." Nate enveloped her cold hand in his warm one. "Don't carry the weight

transforming her delicate features. "How can you certain the mistake

be so

words rode the evening breeze to

softly. "My mother died when I was very young. When my father remarried, I discovered I had a sister just three months younger than me. Everything seemed fine at first,

fingers curling into tight

of my situation, he brought me to live with the Fords, severing all contact with my father.