The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 589:

Taken aback, Jules scratched his nose awkwardly.

“Maybe it’s your attitude that’s the problem…” he mumbled.

“Jules, I swear, if I don’t set you straight, you’ll end up causing trouble!” Carl snapped, grabbing a pillow and hurling it at Jules with surprising force.

Jules dodged it deftly and picked up a pack of cigarettes from the coffee table.

“Alright, I’m going to step outside for a smoke,” he said.

“That’s fine, right?”

“Get out!” Carl dismissed him impatiently, then turned to Corrine.

“And you, too! After everything I’ve done for you, you dare doubt my intentions?” he demanded angrily.

of the situation. Then, at Waldo’s quiet prompting, she quickly left the room. Jules and Corrine entered the elevator one

upset every time we talk about your marriage

an eyebrow and gave a subtle, knowing

upset,” she

conversation.” The more Carl avoided the topic, the more curious Corrine became about the

her that her grandfather knew more than he was willing to say. Maybe there was something deeper, something tangled up in this arrangement—something he refused to

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Jacob emerged slowly from the stairwell. He watched the elevator descend with

elevator doors for a while, Jacob turned and made

to Waldo and instructed, “Go wait outside.” Waldo hesitated, meeting Carl’s eyes before shifting his gaze. After a brief pause, he stood up and exited

securely closed,

to call off the arrangement?”

sighed deeply

grow up. You know well how stubborn she can be,” he

was steadfast once her mind was set. She had thrown herself into the Ashton family saga, risking her relationship with the Fords. If she hadn’t realized her mistakes in time, the Ashtons might have