The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 488:

The revelation sent ice through his blood.

But how?

How did Corrine know someone from there?

His mind raced back to the previous night—to the way people had spoken to Nate with deference, to the weight his name carried in every conversation, to the unshakable presence that demanded both fear and respect.

Then it all clicked.

Nate was from the Hopkins family of Independent Continent.

Bruce had heard the rumors.

People from Independent Continent did not marry outsiders.

So why had Nate chosen Corrine?

Even the four major families of Lyhaton would consider themselves fortunate to earn the attention of the Hopkins family.

any deep-rooted connections, should have been insignificant

his expression shift, clapped a firm hand

Ashton,” he said, his voice dripping

what you have

a woman like Corrine for

was stupidity in its

the next

best. Corrine was destined for something greater, and Bruce? He was never meant to stand at her

stood frozen, lost in thought, as he watched Calan

packed everything. Are we

voice pulled him back to the

her standing beside him,

smile, oblivious to the weight

to hurry. I have an appointment with Meg at the orphanage

of the disaster that had unfolded

She had miscalculated.

the upper hand over Corrine, to crush her beneath the weight

left scrambling to salvage whatever