The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 185

Chapter 185 Her Status Is Far Beyond Anything I...

Kason hurried forward, his face lighting up with a surprised and delighted smile, standing with a modest air in front of Corrine.

Both Bruce and Leah knew well the weight of Kason's history.

If it hadn't been for the favor he had once received from the Burgess family years ago, Kason wouldn't have spared the now declining family another glance.

Yet, the respect he showed Corrine, a woman from the countryside, was enough to make one pause and reconsider his true intentions.

"Miss Brooks, it's a pleasure to see you again," Kason said, his voice sincere and warm.

Karina, seeing Kason alongside Leah, couldn't shake the feeling that they were working together, and she felt little more than indifferent.

Corrine nodded lightly, casting a brief glance at Kason before smiling back at him, her expression warm. "Mr. Collins, it's been a while."

Kason, aware of Corrine's esteemed position within the Ford family, had expected at more distant reception.

So when she greeted him with such warmth, it caught him off guard, leaving him

humbled.

it has indeed been a long time. I thought for sure you'd have forgotten me by now, he replied, a soft

a sly glint in her eyes as she glanced at Bruce and Leah, who were standing a short distance away. A subtle, knowing smile played at the corners of her lips. "I really should be on

like

Is Far

Mr. Collins," Corrine said with a polite smile, turning

voice laced with frustration. "Why bother engaging with him? Aren't you

foolish enough to risk offending the entire Ford family," Corrine replied, her voice firm yet laced with an undercurrent

hidden, as per the Ford family's wishes- unless Kason was reckless enough to challenge their

in subtle defiance. "People gravitate toward those who are like them. He seems to

expression

interests first."

Kason couldn't even understand that simple truth, he wouldn't have made

as he had.

until Corrine's figure had completely disappeared from sight that Kason

stood frozen in place, her eyes wide with disbelief, the

What had just happened?

been so respectful, so

that her father's downfall really had something to

Ford

breath, swallowed painfully to quell the dryness in her

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