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.

for dinner after I leave the

my responsibility

acknowledged with

accept Nate, so she let the

proper talk before the surgery. Shall we do that now?” she

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the glass of water beside him and took a sip

just wanted to discuss the

given it any

that the danger had passed, selfishness took over, and he chose to keep the secret

I break up with

being with Bruce before. Was it really because we weren’t a good match, or was there

his brow

arrangement will be called

hiding something from us?” Jules interjected,