The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 609:

No matter how much he tried to reason with it, Jayden couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that his precious niece was being swept away by someone unworthy of her.

His eyes narrowed even further as they fixed on Nate, the tension between the two men thick and suffocating.

Nate met Jayden’s gaze without a hint of unease, his calm demeanor unshaken, as though nothing in the world could disturb him.

The tension in the room was palpable. Just as the air seemed ready to crack with the force of their unspoken words, Corrine’s voice broke through the silence, calm and collected.

“Uncle Jayden, would you like some water?”

“Why even waste your time with water?” Jayden barked, his eyes narrowing as he watched Corrine defend Nate, shielding him almost protectively. His voice was razor-sharp, every word laced with frustration, as he snatched the glass from her hand.

“You’ve done it again—pushed me too far!”

danced with playful mischief, a glint of fun

really shouldn’t get so worked

it up to you?” Her smile, wide and carefree, stirred something in Jayden—a soft, fleeting memory of Kiley. Without

to dissolve. He was

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eyes shifted, locking onto

his voice turning icy, as if it could

about the token you’ve kept. But don’t assume it’s the key to everything. What if I insist on

her unease creeping in, a quiet crack

hand, silencing her, before nodding toward Nate, signaling him

yet commanding. One leg crossed casually over the other, and his hands rested on his knee, exuding an almost oppressive calm. His presence seemed to fill the room, weighing it down with an

were like the depths of a stormy ocean—dark,