The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 519:

As Corrine walked toward the exit of the cafe, she unexpectedly came face-to-face with Leland.

“Miss Holland, your grandfather has requested your presence upstairs,” he informed her smoothly.

Corrine’s gaze instinctively flicked to the manager of Whisperwind Cafe.

The manager visibly tensed, his forehead damp with sweat, nervously glancing at Leland.

Leland offered a polite, knowing smile.

“Miss Holland, you should know—Mr. Ford has eyes and ears everywhere in this place.”

Corrine had no doubt about that.

The café belonged to her grandfather’s family holdings. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that every person here answered to him.

a VIP room. What she hadn’t expected—not in the slightest—was to find Nate sitting inside, engaged in casual

though her gaze lingered on Nate for a

eyes silently questioned his

lowered his gaze, his expression unreadable as he lifted his coffee cup and took a slow sip,

one to break the

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫶ⅽ𝗈𝗺

here, take a seat. You’ll want to hear this—after all, it

grip on his cup tensed ever so

Corrine turned to Carl,

his gaze shifted

to fulfill a marriage

deliberate sip of his coffee before continuing, “You’ve met Mr. Hopkins a few times before, haven’t you? I

toward

her reaction, something unreadable flashing in his

Mr. Hopkins never mentioned

locking onto Carl with