The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 818:

“Spending five million just to make his beloved smile? Now that’s devotion.”

“Well, with the Ashton family’s fortune, five million is a mere drop in the ocean.”

The whispers carried through the room, eventually reaching Corrine.

Five million—to make Leah smile? The sentiment rang hollow.

Corrine tapped her bidding paddle against the table, contemplating. Meanwhile, in another private box, Leah turned to Bruce, eyes wide with surprise. “Bruce, you…”

Bruce met her gaze, his tone unwavering. “A ring is only fitting. Consider this the first I give you for our marriage.”

Emotion welled in Leah’s eyes as she threw her arms around him. “Thank you, Bruce.”

softly, smoothing a hand over her hair. “Silly girl, you’re

million, the room fell silent—no challengers, no raised

victory, Corrine lifted her paddle. “Six

indifferent, yet it sent a tremor

gut. Was Corrine doing this on

root. If Corrine was competing, did it mean she hadn’t truly moved on from Bruce? That despite everything,

unwilling to move on,

suffer, to see the sting of loss in her eyes—that

a spotlight on the tangled web of love and resentment that bound the three of them

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skipped a beat. A surge of unexpected joy and excitement coursed through him. Did Corrine still care for him,

in place. He even forgot to continue bidding. Noticing his silence, Leah cast him a subtle glance. When she saw the flicker of distraction in