The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 458:

“Are you pleased with the outcome now, Miss Burgess?”

Leah’s expression crumbled, her mask of composure slipping as fury flared in her eyes.

“You did this on purpose!”

Corrine let out a soft chuckle, stepping closer.

“But you were the one who pushed me onto the stage,” she mused, her voice dripping with mock innocence.

Leah stiffened as Corrine reached for her face. Instinctively, she recoiled, her eyes widening in wariness.

“What do you want?” But Corrine merely grasped her chin, her touch light yet deliberate. With a slow, almost condescending pat to Leah’s cheek, she smiled.

“In the end, you brought this upon yourself. But I must thank you. Without your contrast, how would my excellence have shone so brilliantly?”

The words were gentle, yet each syllable carried the weight of a slap. Leah’s face burned—not from the touch, but from the sheer humiliation of it.

washed over her, as if she were being

sharp bursts, her eyes reddening with unspoken

she was about to snap, Corrine straightened, her gaze calm, almost

forget your manners. You’re supposed

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that, she turned, sidestepping Leah

the young woman growing with each passing moment. There was an effortless charm about her, something

her far beyond their

Meg, and she

her moods, immediately pulled a small thermos from his pocket

feeling unwell? Have some herbal

thermos a glance, a touch of melancholy

would I need herbal tea?” She exhaled

just feel a weight

as if she had just uttered

“Heart problems?”

stared at him,

felt a chill creep over him