The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 697:

Jules’ eyes darkened, his grip tightening around the device.

“So it’s her.”

Leah. Again.

She simply couldn’t resist stirring trouble where Corrine was concerned.

Jules said nothing more, but his mind was already working, calculating.

Plenty of ways to deal with Leah and the Burgess family unraveled in his thoughts, and none of them were merciful.

pause, the voice ventured cautiously, “Mr. Ford, as far as I know, Leah has grown quite close to

be the catalyst for a shift in the balance of power among the four major families. Taking any aggressive action against Leah at this point would be akin to throwing a stone into a calm pond, provoking Andromache and inadvertently declaring a quiet but inevitable

web, aligning with the collateral branches of the four major families and establishing ties with other powerful households. If she were to unite them

gaze locked downward, his face an unreadable mask. His jaw clenched with quiet tension, the only sign of his internal

𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗺

murmured, the words clipped, but heavy

over to the window, the weight of the

an idea. He quickly grabbed his phone and forwarded a

a promise not long ago: if Nate was at the top of power, then Corrine was at a position

Nate’s next move, curious to see how he would navigate this delicate

image carefully, his mind racing to connect the dots. His fingers danced across the screen, tapping out a

understood immediately. With a sharp nod, he

could bring back anyone, Andromache appeared at the threshold, her presence commanding