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.

once, she relished the feeling of having the upper hand, of being the one who had made him speechless rather

silence, low and husky. "That makes

Corrine raised an eyebrow, clearly

been thinking about you constantly, without a break," he continued, his

caught off guard, her

her cheeks. "To be fair,"

she reached.

over.

phone slipped from her grasp, and the camera angle

on her bosom.

slender neck and the soft sweep of

darkened immediately, his eyes narrowing as his voice dropped to a

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

looked at him, confusion

I can't stop thinking about you," he continued, his words smooth as silk. "And yet you still tease me like this? Did you do it on

of her phone was trained directly on her chest. Her cheeks flushed a deep shade of crimson, heat spreading

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

lip, feeling utterly

couldn't talk her way out of this

the shy blush staining her cheeks, the curve of his lips curling with satisfaction. “I'm

moment to settle scores."

softening with a hint of amusement. "It's

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I Say Yes