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Chapter 299 She Had Underestimated Corrine

Matias wavered, noting Karina's discomfort, before offering with careful distance. "Miss Brooks, shall I arrange transportation for you?"

“Don't bother,” Karina declared, sliding her sunglasses into place and hoisting her bag with practiced indifference before marching away with exaggerated confidence.

Matias stood there, stung by the rebuff, his brow furrowing in contemplation of women's inscrutability.

As Nate and Corrine prepared to get in the car, Matias hastened to join them.

Bruce, supporting Leah as they emerged from Modern Square, found his gaze drawn to Corrine nestled naturally in Nate's protective embrace.

The sight challenged everything he thought he knew about her. In his mind, Corrine had always been winter incarnate, holding the world at arm's length. Yet here she was, dismantling his certainties one by one.

Her warmth existed-it simply belonged to another man, while Bruce received only the chill of her indifference.

Memories surfaced unbidden: Corrine's desperate pursuit of marriage, followed by her swift progression into a new romance after their split.

the weight of guilt when she was in front of him. Bruce questioned the depth of feelings that could

how

his mind, he had claimed ownership of

as his grip on Leah's waist

drew her gaze upward, where she caught

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on Corrine's departing

her eyes, concealing their glacial

as she realized she

underestimated her rival.

another man in her life, Corrine still

line of sight, her tear-stained cheeks flushed and swollen. "Bruce, you must defend

traces of contempt at her disheveled state-makeup

against provoking her," he

and me, forcing us into such degradation." Rita's voice rose with each word, fury and humiliation feeding each other. "I don't care what it

stone.