The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 624:

“As for my attire, this event didn’t exactly specify that we needed to dress to impress, did it? I’m not here to please anyone or catch the eye of any of the men here. You all claim to be high-society ladies, but to me, you seem no different from gossipy back-alley chitchatters.”

At her words, Judie and her group flushed a deep red with embarrassment.

They had pegged Corrine as an easy target, but she had surprised them, standing her ground and reprimanding them without a hint of hesitation.

Her sharp words didn’t go unnoticed by the young men nearby, either.

“This outsider heiress of the Ford family really stands out,” one remarked, nudging Gregory with his elbow.

“Gregory, aren’t you two somewhat related? Why not introduce us?”

kind of relation does she even have to our family? If

mid-sentence, her gaze falling on Gregory’s sharp look, swallowing the words she’d been

lightly,” Gregory

Ford family elevating her,” the man muttered, his eyes lingering on Corrine with a look of overt appraisal, as though she were an object on

hospitalized recently, and rumors are flying. Now he’s bringing her to this elite event. It’s obvious—he’s using her as a pawn in a marriage

family had shown Corrine was merely a

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were in decline, we would never throw our girl’s marriage into the fire to survive,” a calm, lazy voice interjected, cutting through the

reclining in an elegant chair, effortlessly exuding an air

curve of his collarbone. The sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, exposing his slightly tanned skin,

features appeared like a painting, his high nose and subtly curved lips giving him an enigmatic, almost

he saw Jules. His eyes

gaze, his eyes flicking dismissively at the man before