The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 407:

Once Corrine had exited, Evelyn’s smile dimmed.

“Now that she’s not here, tell me what’s on your mind.”

At this, Nate let out a laugh, his look toward Evelyn filled with a knowing depth.

“You always had the knack to see through pretenses, Grandma.”

“Enough with the charm,” Evelyn said, dismissing him with a light scoff.

“Having a girlfriend has turned you into quite the charmer.”

Nate rubbed his nose awkwardly before saying calmly, “Corrine is your future granddaughter-in-law, set to carry on the Hopkins family name.” His delivery was relaxed, almost casual, but his statement cut through the air with surprising firmness.

Evelyn’s face showed no change, her voice steady.

“Wasn’t that decision already made?”

that

added with pointed significance, “That’s not my

it, Grandma,”

to discuss the engagement

as she met

sure about

Nate answered smoothly, his gaze locking with

shared the backstory of our marriage arrangement

since adulthood, but he was

Ford family from Lyhaton

elite families of the Independent Continent, an unspoken rule remained: no marriages

about the marriage arrangement’s origins only

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in response to his words for a long stretch, so long that the attending servants

asked, “Why obsess over these details

seem unaware of her

over Evelyn’s face, as though she sought to look right through