The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 588:

“But I’m curious. How did you manage to get Christos Ellis to step in for such a minor surgery?”

Despite the Ford family’s considerable influence in Lyhaton, summoning an international expert like Christos was beyond their usual reach. Christos’ agreement to perform Carl’s surgery was a courtesy extended solely to Corrine, likely due to Nate’s influence.

Corrine hesitated briefly before deciding to be transparent.

“It wasn’t me,” she admitted.

“This was all Nate’s doing.”

She had her reasons for being open about this. If it could soften Carl’s opinion of Nate—and discourage him from trying to end the marriage arrangement—so much the better.

Carl, who had practically raised Corrine from a young age, recognized her underlying motive. He raised his hand to cut her off and gestured to his servant.

us for dinner after

host him myself. It’s my

acknowledged with a

to fully accept Nate, so she let the matter

mentioned wanting a proper talk before the surgery. Shall we

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glass of water beside him and took a sip before lifting his gaze

nothing major. I just wanted to discuss the marriage arrangement,”

you given

fearing he might not survive the surgery, had considered revealing everything about the arrangement to Corrine. But now that the danger had passed, selfishness took over, and he chose to keep the secret buried. Sometimes, knowing the truth wasn’t for the best. Perhaps Corrine’s current life was as

are you so insistent that I break up with Nate?” Corrine asked, her gaze

we

his

it matter? This arrangement will be

are you hiding something from