The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 233

Chapter 233 To Tear Down The Ashton Family

"What?" Tracy's face drained of color, her voice barely a whisper.

Even Farris, who was usually a picture of control, couldn't hide the panic creeping into his expression.

Suddenly, a crushing weight settled over him-an overwhelming suffocation, as if his heart had faltered. His face drained of color, and he grimaced, clutching at his chest as if trying to hold himself together.

"The medicine!" Millard was the first to react, his voice urgent. He rushed to Farris, quickly pulling out a pill from his pocket and gently putting it in his mouth.

Millard rubbed Farris' back in slow, soothing motions, urging him to breathe.

The minutes stretched on endlessly, the tension thick in the air, until finally, Farris 'breathing steadied.

Yet, the ordeal had aged him in an instant-his body frail, his energy drained.

He leaned against the sofa, his voice a shadow of its usual strength, barely a whisper. "Call a press conference. We have to own up to our mistakes, accept whatever

consequences come.'

Bruce's gaze hardened, his eyes colder than ever, his jaw set like stone. "I understand,

Grandpa."

couldn't help but once again recall the chilling words she had spoken to him earlier. "Watch

the memory sank in. His face, usually

an idle threat.

His hands clenched into fists, the veins on the

Tracy couldn't hold back her bitterness. "That cunning little bitch, Corrine! I never thought she'd

in. Turning

company now, Bruce."

"Alright."

lower their pride and admit their wrongs,

a searing fire raging within

hands trembled as she quickly gathered her

and settle the score.

just as she reached the front gate, a

the paper, her

caught in her

and she collapsed to the

the blow.

help her to her feet. Tracy clung to the maid's hands, her voice tight with

Bruce back!"

Millard rushed home. Upon seeing Tracy crying hysterically, he immediately