The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 737:

Leah gritted her teeth, swallowing back the anger threatening to rise. She forced herself to breathe deeply, steadying her pulse. Losing her composure now would be a fatal mistake.

She could not let their words shake her. One misstep, one wrong word, and the consequences would be irreversible.

Her fingers curled into her palm as she flicked a glance at the clock, her heart pounding in anticipation. She silently wished Bruce would come back quickly to diffuse this chaos before it spiraled further out of control.

Luna’s voice cut through the tension, raw and weary. “Miss Burgess, I know I cannot outargue you. You are sharp, and with the Burgess family and your godmother behind you, you are practically untouchable. So let us be honest, shall we?”

Whether from the relentless pressure or the harsh reality of her time at the police station, Luna looked like a shadow of her former self. The confidence, the elegance—both had been stripped away, leaving behind a woman who seemed to have aged years overnight.

Leah tilted her head slightly, her expression the picture of innocence. “Luna, what are you trying to say?”

that I coerced you? I understand work can be

welling up as if she were the true victim in

“You and I both know who’s

take the blame, confess to the charges, and once the storm had passed, Leah would pull the

the weight of

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩: 𝙜ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀・𝙘𝙤𝙢

only had Leah dispatched people to pressure her into taking responsibility for everything, but she also wielded her brother’s gambling debts like a weapon

was no passing

stain would be

years clawing her way out of the pit her family had dug, fighting for a future beyond their ruin. She had even dreamt of running away, severing the chains that bound

now weighed on her