The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 584:

There was a pause on the other end before Bruce exhaled sharply, his frustration evident.

“What will it take for you to drop the lawsuit?”

A cold chuckle escaped her.

“So, this is really about your perfect Leah, isn’t it?”

She leaned back against the headboard, her bare face calm but unreadable.

Bruce’s voice crackled with thinly veiled desperation.

“Do you have any idea what Leah has been going through? She cannot sleep, she cannot eat—this whole thing is destroying her!” His words came fast, heated.

“This matter barely concerns you, and it’s been five years, Corrine. Why dig it up now? Why push so hard?”

Corrine’s expression hardened.

should have considered the consequences

was sharp,

throwing someone else under the bus would let her walk

climbed a notch, exasperation

prank back then. Do

you drop the lawsuit, the Burgess

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the last word, her eyes narrowing with a glint of amusement.

confess to her crimes

his patience wearing dangerously

out of your mind? Over something this trivial, you

words struck Leah like a slap. Her stomach twisted, and

whispered, her

her a glance, a silent command to stay calm, before turning his attention back

reach a compromise. If you and the Pinetree couple drop the lawsuit, the Burgess family will ensure they are compensated generously.