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?”

words implied that

added with pointed significance,

it, Grandma,” Nate

came to discuss the engagement

as she met

sure about

smoothly, his gaze locking with

never shared the backstory of our marriage arrangement with the Ford

since adulthood, but he was still unclear about how

the Ford family from Lyhaton was connected to

families of the Independent Continent, an unspoken rule

the marriage arrangement’s origins

𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨Ⳓ𝙘𝙤𝙢

his words for a long stretch, so

Evelyn asked, “Why obsess over these details

seem unaware of her background, Grandma,” Nate

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