The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 189

Chapter 189 If Bruce

Weren't Her Savior

Through the darkness, Corrine made her way home, fighting the persistent urge

reach out to Nate.-

Settling at her desk, she opened her laptop to find Jules' email waiting

Her fingers glided across the mouse as she absorbed the contents, when Jules' video call suddenly illuminated her screen.

"I warned you from the beginning about men like him, but you wouldn't listen. Now the proof lies before you, plain as day. What's your response?" Jules' voice carried a mixture of concern and vindication.

"Even the most discerning among us can fall prey to deception," Corrine mused, resting her chin thoughtfully on her hand while continuing to scroll through the evidence.

Jules studied her composed demeanor with growing bewilderment. "How are you. maintaining such calm?"

Corrine lifted her eyes to meet his through the screen, considering her words carefully. "Perhaps my feelings weren't as deep as I imagined."

mind wandered to how Bruce had materialized precisely when her need was greatest, causing her to mistake gratitude for

interactions, that dependence had masqueraded

seemed like her eternal anchor, yet he abandoned her when her guard

childhood wounds, making any

have

"Corrine, you considered that the man you encountered that night five

room's darkness was broken only by

depth and chill of a winter lake, his

are you suggesting?" Corrine's voice tightened with

account, I conducted my own investigation. While Bruce was indeed in Yikar then, his stay was brief," Jules explained, tapping ash from his cigarette with practiced grace. "I suspect someone used his presence there as convenient

Corrine's expression, her pupils contracting with shock. "How certain

admitted, his gaze steady on her face. "Corrine, you might want to

she responded

remained motionless before

words echoed relentlessly in her

mysterious savior that night hadn't been

if Bruce weren't her savior, then her last shred of mercy toward the Ashton family would