The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

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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.

neither the wounds of heartbreak nor the weight of guilt when she was in front of him. Bruce questioned

how quickly she had found solace in another's arms, how freely she offered her tenderness

corner of his mind, he had claimed

his grip on Leah's

intake of breath drew her gaze upward, where she caught

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on Corrine's

her eyes, concealing their glacial glint

she

underestimated her rival.

her life, Corrine still wielded power over

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

of contempt at her disheveled

against provoking

into such degradation." Rita's voice rose with each word, fury and humiliation feeding each other. "I don't care what it takes-you must make

hardened to stone. "Enough! We're