The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 657:

And Corrine wasn’t naive. Not anymore. She could read between the lines, sense the undercurrent in Hodge’s otherwise warm demeanor.

“Mr. Seymour, I just remembered something I need to take care of. Please excuse me for a moment,” she said with a practiced smile.

Hodge blinked, momentarily caught off guard, but recovered quickly.

“Alright, let’s catch up another time.”

She walked off, her expression composed, the faint curve of her lips never quite reaching her eyes.

Hodge remained standing, watching her retreating figure with quiet confusion. He couldn’t understand it—why, after all these years, did Corrine feel so distant?

“Unrequited love. What a pity, huh?” Jules drawled as he stepped beside him, grinning like the devil himself.

Hodge exhaled slowly, adjusting his tie as if to shake off the moment.

the hell did you come

hand

your long-time buddy, let me offer you a piece

arched a brow,

you worried that Corrine

in high school, Jules had noticed the way Hodge looked at Corrine, but he had dismissed it as a passing crush. Now, standing here, he realized Hodge was still holding on—pursuing something that was, at best, a fantasy. And that? That was a problem. Even if they were friends, Jules didn’t think Hodge was the

one person who absolutely wouldn’t let it

𝓥𝓲𝓮𝔀 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮: ⲅ𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫸𝖼𝗈𝗺

turned mocking,

did you become such a

two crisp tickets from his pocket, holding

a musical this Saturday. Get Corrine to

concert—they were an invitation to disaster. He didn’t even

it’s not that I don’t want to help you,” Jules said with a