The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 654:

Her voice trembled with desperation, her grip tightening. Being sent abroad was no different from exile.

If she left now, she might never return to Lyhaton again.

But Hodge remained unmoved. If anything, his patience thinned further. With a practiced gentleness that only made his dismissal sting more, he lifted a hand and lightly patted her head.

“Listen to me,” he murmured.

Then, with a single glance toward his assistant, he gave his unspoken command.

The assistant stepped forward, his tone even, almost sympathetic.

“Miss Seymour, it is late. We should go.”

Hodge was known for his quiet, composed demeanor. But when it came to decisions, he was swift and ruthless.

Judie had left him

he did not deal with her now, smoothing things over with the Ford family would

her phone, Karina’s message flashing across the screen. A slow smile

but also a shield. If something happened to Judie while she was abroad,

like Hodge could pull it off

. com fuels

to how I handled my cousin,” came a voice

on Hodge, who was clad in

set her phone down on the table

are you here to settle scores with

in the lounge area,

think I am someone who cannot tell right

chair, a faint smile

her eyes sharp with unspoken

change, do they

Even if Hodge and Quentin chose to stay silent on the matter, it was hard to believe the rest of the Seymour family would not hold some