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.

over her, as if

in short, sharp bursts, her eyes reddening with unspoken

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

Burgess, don’t forget your manners. You’re supposed to

at g

Leah with effortless

each passing moment. There was

Corrine’s status placed her far beyond

thought weighed on Meg, and she sighed

a small thermos

you feeling unwell?

glance, a touch of

I need herbal tea?” She exhaled another

a weight

instantly, as if she had just

“Heart problems?”

stared at

a chill creep over him at her