The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 237

Chapter 237 A Mistake From The Beginning

Jules reached for his coffee mug and sipped it, struggling to mask his surprise.

It seemed that in the past three years, Corrine had evolved into an even more

formidable individual.

Her latest actions seemed designed to ensure the Ashton family had no way out. As he pondered this, Jules silently lamented their fate for a brief moment. Corrine's transformation, however, caught him off guard. There was a time when Corrine would have risked everything for Bruce. Had she finally seen the light?

Jules glanced at Corrine, his eyes flickering with thought.

"Have you found out if Bruce was the one who rescued you five

years ago?" he asked.

Corrine's determination to help the Ashton family was due to the incident five years

ago.

She had always been silent about that night, and Jules had never pushed her for

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information.

His own memories of that evening hinted that Corrine had faced something life-

changing.

was skilled at maintaining a stoic facade, concealing any

all was well, the more Jules suspected

she had inquired whether Bruce had visited Forestvale, his initial confusion turned to contempt, treating the place as if

its notoriety, but Bruce was

for the Ashton

chuckle.

on new leads?"

few leads we had have faded,

his voice faded, the room was

Corrine's phone rang. Seeing the caller ID,

the dark temporarily, evading her

Corrine's face, Jules immediately understood who might be

finished his coffee,

rose

"I need to

herself at a loss for

just exited the

a brief pause, she took the call reluctantly, greeting in a

"Hello, Uncle Jayden."

came through the line. "You didn't think to

such a

his stern tone was an evident

back in her chair and

door. She playfully spun herself around, her demeanor light and

capable of managing

reassurance slightly softened Jayden's stern

aware of the Ashton family's recent actions of selling