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.

at maintaining a stoic

the

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

Forestvale for its notoriety, but Bruce was supposed to be

didn't show mercy for the Ashton

chuckle.

new

his coffee mug, Jules replied, "It's been half a decade. The few leads we had have faded, and the other party made sure to

the room was enveloped in a

phone rang. Seeing the caller ID, she felt a

kept in the dark temporarily, evading her well-informed uncle Jayden was another

the distressed look on Corrine's face, Jules immediately understood who might be

avoid being reprimanded, he swiftly finished his coffee, donned his coat,

rose

his seat. "I need to see to something. I'm off

found herself at a loss

fallback had just

pause, she took the call reluctantly, greeting in a

"Hello, Uncle Jayden."

through the

of such a significant

tone was

She assured him, leaning back in

spun herself around, her demeanor light and youthful.

managing on

softened Jayden's

already aware of the Ashton family's recent actions of selling some