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..."

whipped through the air again, landing

head snapped to the side, a crimson

remained motionless.

Ashton. Yet you persist in tormenting me. Now you stoop to framing me, hiding behind Rita's supposed naivety. Tell me, Bruce,

he caught her implication, darkness

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

Corrine's lips. "Ah, so when sweet

what I meant..." Bruce" "st withered under her

these despicable actions because you muttered an apology? Was this entire online charade orchestrated to force me into submission,

"Corrine, for once, listen reasonably. Why can't you show understanding

I helped elevate the Ashton family, giving you the audacity to test my limits repeatedly. But that ends now. Watch closely as I dedicate

their humble beginnings."

against Bruce's conscious dilating