The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 308 Why The Long Face

Relief washed over Corrine like a cool breeze on a sweltering day when someone finally stepped in to ease the tension. She responded with polite restraint, though a flicker of awkwardness betrayed her, "Than Every soul present had heard tales of Nate-

whispers that carried both admiration and unease. Yet seeing him in the flesh, standing with an effortless authority that seemed to bend the air itself, left them all momentarily breathless.

He was the kind of man whose presence alone reshaped the room, commanding respect without so much as a word. Even in stillness, he emanated an unshakable dominance that made others instinctively trea With practiced ease, Nate took Corrine's hand, guiding her toward a sofa.

Despite their late arrival, the

seat at the center remained conspicuously vacant, as though the universe itself had deemed it his by default.

Just as Corrine moved to sit, a deliberate cough

cut through the air. Jules, lounging with a calculated

nonchalance, motioned for her to sit beside him instead.

Corrine hesitated, the silent weight of

an unspoken dilemma pressing on her shoulders.

When Nate noticed her hesitation, his response was swift and unyielding-

act of possession as he settled onto the sofa with

and

gaze flickered toward him, as

he was up to.

her look with a slow, insouciant smirk. "What's it to you?" he drawled, stretching out comfortably, one leg draped over the other in a

sight of Nate's hand resting on Corrine's shoulder, and the sight

have felt the weight of his stare

one to back down, arched an

challenge laced with

the moment could stretch any further, Moses began pouring a drink for Corrine. But before Jules could utter a word,

else was drinking alcohol-wouldn't it be odd for

who held the cards. That was all it took. Moses dropped his eyes,

Jules' expression toward

the tension, gave his sleeve a

dating, and here I am, left in the dark like a fool.

her fault with a slight

a man in a white shirt suggested from the crowd.

was met with

"Truth or Dare? Again?"

we play something with a little more