The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 210

Chapter 210 Corrine Should

Be Held Accountable

Leah stood in front of Bruce, dressed in a white dress.

Tears had streaked her pale face, and the marks of Corrine's slaps stood out on her cheeks, red and swollen.

She looked like a flower beaten down by the storm.

"Bruce..." Her voice cracked with a heartbreaking rasp as she leaned into his chest, her tears threatening to spill.

A pang of pain shot through Bruce as he saw her distress, his brows knitting together.

He enveloped Leah in his arms, his hand soothing her trembling body. "Don't worry. I'm right here."

Feeling out of place, Sonia decided to quietly slip away.

She threw a meaningful look over her shoulder as she left.

True to her suspicion, Leah coaxed Bruce into her room, a cunning smile briefly crossing Sonia's face.

a servant appeared, bearing a tray with Corey's coffee. "Mrs.

accepting the tray

room, she coughed

the coffee, she waved her hands to clear the smoke and opened the balcony window for some

you smoking

releasing a slow puff

room," Sonia replied, her smile suggesting she

she let on.

voice, "If he's here,

that."

asked. Having been an opera troupe actress in her younger years, she knew how to capture a man's heart but was unfamiliar with the

serious face. "Is there another plan you're considering?" she

this time, and the planned marriage alliance between the Ashton and Burgess families is

he voiced these thoughts, a sharp, cold gleam flashed across Corey's

that moment, Corrine shivered, suddenly feeling

asked, grasping Corrine's slightly chilled hand and draping his coat over her

slightly.

toward