The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 295

The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 287

Chapter 287 Was There Any Way Out Of This

Corrine maintained perfect composure as she met Leah's gaze, her voice carrying an edge of ice. "The Burgess family's factories have been closing one by one since that unfortunate tax scandal, yet here you are, spending so lavishly. Perhaps the whispers about your family's financial troubles are mistaken. No doubt the Burgess empire will soon reclaim its former glory."

Sarcasm dripped from every carefully chosen word.

Leah's eyes hardened to steel as her fingers curled into tight fists, her manicured nails biting into her palms. The pain barely registered through her rising anger.

Everything had unraveled since Corey's questioning, forcing him to make devastating choices for their business's survival.

He had attributed his departure to health concerns, but Corrine's pointed remarks were now stoking the flames of suspicion around their family's predicament.

The realization of Corrine's calculated malice struck Leah like a physical blow.

This explained the subtle rivalry Corrine had cultivated-she had been waiting for the perfect moment to tarnish the Burgess name.

withdrawing would validate the rumors,

amounted to just over twenty million, portions of

statement at the charity event,

had already surpassed the suit's actual worth, making

observed Corrine carefully, searching for cracks in her

composed exterior genuine, or merely a masterful

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Gee my or

mind aced, hey sooth guessing into

out of this without losing

the and Rite would be forced to kneel before Corrine and apologize. Worse wall, they'd have to perform a pole

made Leath's stomach twist with

steely resolve, the declared,

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