The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 341:

“Then my brother absolutely must buy it for you. Just wait and see!” Rita declared enthusiastically.

Leah responded with a noncommittal smile, her thoughts drifting to tomorrow’s potential spotlight if Bruce were to secure the diamond at auction. As the clock struck eight, the auction commenced.

Zayn Swain, the distinguished auctioneer, took his position on stage. After delivering his opening remarks, he initiated the evening’s proceedings.

Corrine, showing little interest in the preliminary items, reclined on the sofa while sampling fresh fruit. Her gaze occasionally wandered to Nate, who sat across from her. Even in silence, his presence commanded attention as he idly held a coffee spoon.

Detecting her observation, Nate lifted his eyes to meet hers.

“What’s up?”

“Are you waiting for someone?” Corrine inquired playfully, pressing a cherry between her lips, its juice lending an even more vivid hue to her mouth. Before he could respond, she corrected herself, saying, “No—you’re waiting to catch someone.”

not leisure but that of a hunter anticipating his prey. A shadow of

“You’re not wrong.”

to be so

the juice from the corner of her lips with

“Or an enemy?”

Instead of handing it to her, he carefully wiped her

“Is there a difference?”

Corrine met his gaze.

both sides take losses. An

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smile tugged at Nate’s lips. His eyes

“An enemy, then.”

widened at his

his fingers brushing her cheek before he claimed her

had escalated from its opening