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 Mr. Hopkins to join us for

myself. It’s my responsibility to repay this

acknowledged

realized it wouldn’t be easy for her grandfather to fully accept Nate,

before the surgery. Shall

read this novel: g̶a̶l̶n̶o̶v̶e̶l̶s̶.̶c̶o̶m̶

the question. He picked up the glass of water beside

wanted to discuss the

you given

had been a fleeting moment when Carl, 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

I break up with Nate?” Corrine asked, her

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

his

does it matter? This arrangement will be called off

from us?” Jules interjected,