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."

how Bruce had materialized precisely when her

daily interactions, that

had once seemed like her eternal anchor, yet he abandoned her when her guard was down, leaving

childhood

have

leaning back as he drew in a contemplative breath. "Corrine, you considered that the man you encountered that night five years ago might not have

only by

chill of a

you suggesting?" Corrine's voice

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

her pupils contracting with shock. "How certain

Jules admitted, his gaze steady on her face. "Corrine, you might want to find a way to verify

understand," she responded

call, Corrine remained motionless before her laptop, feeling strangely

words echoed relentlessly

her mysterious savior that night hadn't

Bruce weren't her savior, then her last shred of mercy toward the