Chapter 620:

“Just a bunch of insignificant fools.”

“Was it Andromache, or…?”

“Ah…” Corrine’s words faltered, her breath hitching as a sharp sensation shot through her.

Nate had caught her earlobe between his teeth.

Her body went rigid, her fingers instinctively tightening around his tie. His lips lingered near her ear, his voice thick with meaning.

“I desperately want to take you away tonight.” But tonight wasn’t the night.

Nate pulled back, a flicker of something cold and unreadable passing through his gaze. His thumb wiped away the faint dampness on her earlobe before trailing lightly along her cheek.

“Go back inside and get some rest.”

Corrine’s brow furrowed slightly. A quiet determination lit up her expression as she looked up at him.

forward, and

gaze held hers steadily, the

he finally

won’t leave

content on g?ln

She didn’t want to be protected—she wanted to stand as

would grant her that. But he would never

the curve of her cheek before his

good and go

quiet command wrapped in tenderness—one that Corrine

glanced back at him every few steps, as if reluctant to disappear from

until the gates of the Ford family mansion slowly shut behind her. As the last trace of warmth faded from his expression, a cold, steely resolve settled in

ones we caught tonight to those old

Matias nodded without hesitation.

“Yes, sir.”

he slid into the

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