The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 686:

What did the horse do to deserve this?

Jules lit a cigarette, his expression unreadable. When he finally spoke, his voice was calm, almost indifferent.

“Choose. Your life or the horse.”

His gaze was lowered, his features unreadable, but the shift in his aura was unmistakable.

The easygoing nonchalance had disappeared, replaced by something darker, something dangerous.

Paul swallowed, the weight of the choice settling over him. His answer came swiftly.

“It’s just a horse. How could it possibly be more important than her safety?”

Turning to a staff member, Paul gave a firm signal.

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if the very air around it made its skin crawl. It clearly resented the presence of strangers, its ears flicking back in irritation

it caught a whiff of Corrine’s scent, it let out an agitated snort, stamping its hooves against the ground, its muscles bunching as

to give the animal any leeway—not with the way it was acting. One wrong move, and this beast could turn

Corrine. She looked elegant—too refined for a creature like

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man, he might have held his tongue. But Corrine, with her delicate frame and composed demeanor, made him uneasy. If she fell, it wouldn’t just be a nasty tumble—it could ruin

the reins to me,” she said, extending

staff member hesitated, then

fingers gently over the horse’s forehead. Instead of forcing

though the steady huff of its nostrils betrayed its

old words drifting back like a whisper

can