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.

stoic facade, concealing any struggles she

the more Jules suspected

from the beginning." When she had inquired whether Bruce had visited Forestvale, his initial confusion

scorned Forestvale for its notoriety, but Bruce was supposed to

wonder you didn't show mercy for the Ashton family," Jules said with a

chuckle.

new leads?"

The few leads we

his voice faded, the room was enveloped in a

rang. Seeing the caller ID, she felt

dark temporarily, evading

distressed look on Corrine's face, Jules immediately understood

being reprimanded, he swiftly finished his coffee,

rose

"I need to see to something. I'm

at

just exited the

call reluctantly, greeting in a subdued

"Hello, Uncle Jayden."

through the line. "You

of such

was an evident

control." She assured him, leaning back

spun herself around, her demeanor

of managing

softened Jayden's stern

family's recent actions of