The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 228

Chapter 228 Sacrificing My Dignity For Your Comfort

Bruce lowered his gaze, his voice barely a whisper. "I'm sorry..."

The words had barely left his lips when Corrine's hand struck his cheek with a resounding crack.

"Your apologies mean nothing!" Corrine's voice trembled with years of pent-up fury, "I devoted three years of my life to the Ashton family, and this is how you repay me?"

Her eyes blazed with unbridled anger. "Now that scandal threatens your precious reputation, you sacrifice me as your scapegoat, leaking my personal information to the vultures. Have you forgotten your roots? The Ashton family's rise to prominence in Lyhaton rests on my shoulders. Your current glory? That was my doing-Corrine Holland's legacy. What would you be without me?"

Bruce's jaw clenched at her accusations, his words emerging through gritted teeth. "I'm

sorry..."

Corrine's hand whipped through the air again, landing another stinging

side, a crimson handprint blooming

remained motionless.

remind you-l never sought the Ashton family's wealth or the empty title of Mrs. Ashton. Yet you persist in tormenting me. Now you stoop to framing me, hiding behind Rita's supposed naivety. Tell me, Bruce, why does Rita Ashton still act like a child well into her twenties? Is that why

as he caught her implication, darkness seeping

make whatever amends I can. Show some mercy-don't hold this

lips. "Ah, so when sweet words fail, you resort to

Bruce" "st withered under her

Or perhaps I should graciously forgive these despicable actions because you muttered an apology? Was this entire online charade orchestrated to force me into submission, to bend to the Ashton family's

stared at the formidable woman before him, his patience evaporating. "Corrine, for once, listen reasonably. Why can't

her words. "I'm not that person, Bruce. I've never let an insult go unanswered. Yes, I helped elevate the Ashton family, giving you the audacity to test my limits repeatedly. But that ends now. Watch closely as I dedicate myself to returning the Ashton family to myself

their humble beginnings."

hammered against Bruce's conscious dilating with turbulent emotions as he regarded