The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 190

Chapter 190 What If I Say

Yes

"Did you miss me?" Nate asked.

Corrine stood up, her movements graceful as she crossed to the sofa. She picked up at cherry from the table, its deep crimson hue making her fingers look like delicate.

porcelain.

With a slight tilt of her head, she popped the cherry into her mouth, her lips parting with effortless elegance.

Nate watched every movement on the screen, his eyes growing darker, more intense. He swallowed, his throat tight as if her every gesture had a physical pull on him.

Corrine slowly, deliberately spat the cherry pit into her hand, her gaze lifting to meet his. "What if I say yes?" she teased.

Her words echoed in his mind, simple yet sweeter than any confession of love he had

ever heard.

It was as though a wave of warmth spread through him, and for a moment, he just sat there, lost in the joy of her response.

Nate's eyes remained fixed on her, an unguarded, almost possessive look on his face. He didn't even realize how silly he must have looked, grinning like a fool.

Corrine caught the silence stretching between them and couldn't suppress a soft sigh. So, Nate was that easy to please.

the feeling of having the upper hand, of being the one who had made him speechless rather than the

voice broke the silence, low and husky. "That makes me feel a

an eyebrow, clearly

without a break," he continued, his tone deeper

caught off guard, her pulse

admired the faint blush that colored her cheeks. "To be fair," he added with

Corrine scoffed, lifting her chin in mock defiance. But as she reached. for the fruit platter in her lap, she

over.

grasp, and the

on her bosom.

blouse were undone, revealing the delicate curve of her slender neck and the soft sweep of her collarbones. Her

narrowing as his voice dropped to a low, dangerous

said her name was almost hypnotic, rich with an underlying current of desire that reverberated

confusion

stop thinking about you," he continued, his words smooth as silk. "And yet you still tease me like this? Did you do

camera of her phone was trained directly on her chest. Her cheeks flushed a deep

stumbling. “I didn't mean to- "Yes. You did it on purpose,"

her lip,

her way out of this

on the shy blush staining her cheeks, the curve of his lips

moment to settle scores."

softening with a hint of

Cha

I Say Yes