The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 755:

Bruce hit the ground hard, the impact jolting through his spine, knocking the breath from his lungs. A sharp cough racked his chest as he struggled to regain composure.

Corrine stood over him, the ghost of a smirk playing on her lips. Her gaze was cool, almost amused. “If you insist on acting reckless, at least choose your opponent wisely. I do not entertain fools.”

Without another glance, she turned, her every step exuding an effortless grace as she disappeared into the night.

The moment she was gone, Bruce’s assistant rushed forward. “Sir!”

Bruce sat up, wincing as he clutched his chest, his expression unreadable but his eyes dark with something stormy.

Shaking off the assistant’s helping hand, he exhaled sharply and muttered a single word, cold and cutting—”Go.”

shrugged off his jacket, loosened his tie with a practiced flick, and headed straight for

freshly showered and clad in a bath towel hanging loosely around his waist, he walked to the liquor

generous glass, bringing it to his lips.

drinking.” A soft voice broke

glass. Turning his head, he found Leah standing

a nightgown so sheer it barely concealed what lay beneath. The thin straps clung to her shoulders, fragile as if a single careless tug could undo them. The

intoxicating scent of her perfume curling into the air

darkened, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he swallowed. “Why

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tilted her head, her voice laced with something delicate yet deliberate. “Because

in a way that left little space between them. Her breath was warm