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 facade,

all was well, the more Jules suspected that something

When she had inquired whether Bruce had visited Forestvale, his initial confusion turned to

scorned Forestvale for its notoriety, but Bruce was supposed to

for the Ashton family," Jules said with

chuckle.

new leads?"

with 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 erase their tracks

room was enveloped in a

rang. Seeing the caller

might be kept in the dark temporarily,

Jules immediately understood who might

avoid being reprimanded, he swiftly finished his coffee,

rose

"I need to see

herself at

just exited

pause, she took the call reluctantly, greeting in

"Hello, Uncle Jayden."

and imposing, came through the line. "You didn't

of such a significant

tone was an evident concern

back in her chair and

playfully spun herself around, her demeanor

of managing

reassurance slightly softened Jayden's

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