The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 202

Chapter 202 Don't Test The Limits Of My Patience

"Corrine, I'll shoulder all the blame. Every consequence, every responsibility-it falls on me alone. Leah is innocent in all of this!" Bruce declared, wrapping his arms protectively around Leah's trembling form.

Tears streamed down Leah's face as she gazed up at Bruce. "Please, you don't understand. These feelings, this situation-everything spiraled because of me.

You

shouldn't suffer for my mistakes..."

A hollow smile played across Corrine's features, her eyes remaining cold and distant. "How tiresome. Must you both recite the same tired lines? Perhaps you could devise something more original?"

Scattered laughter rippled through the gathering crowd.

her eyes darting nervously as

warred across her features.

do anything-anything at all-if you could find it in your heart to forgive me,"

yours demand retribution. You conspired behind my back, shattered my trust, and now expect a simple 'sorry' to mend everything? How disappointingly naive. I've never been one

unmistakable threat-today would mark the

silent, understanding that Corrine's ice-cold demeanor was

and the Ashtons remained beyond

Bruce and Leah had made their bed. No

in it.

celebration," Corrine announced, her expression betraying nothing but

turned on her heel, moving purposefully toward

out.

"Consider the past, Corrine. Remember when Bruce risked

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