The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 821:

Then, shifting her gaze to the audience, she said, “I think we should all give Mr. Ashton a round of applause.”

The hall erupted with applause, thunderous and unrelenting.

Leah had been swept up in the intoxicating thrill of Bruce dropping thirty million on a ring for her. The sheer extravagance of it had momentarily clouded her thoughts. But as the room erupted in thunderous applause, reality crept back in, slicing through her euphoria like a cold blade.

Something felt off.

Her gaze snapped upward, locking onto Corrine, seated in a private box across from her. The woman’s lips curled into a knowing smile, her brows arching ever so slightly. The glint in her eyes was unmistakable—a silent taunt, a deliberate provocation.

A chill prickled down Leah’s spine. Her suspicions solidified in an instant. Her fingers curled into fists, nails biting into her palms.

had laid a perfectly crafted trap, one that Leah had

Leah’s chest, stoking an urgent

sensed it too. Corrine’s words, seemingly innocent at first,

price sky-high. Without her interference, he could have secured the ring

Thirty million.

buying the ring for Leah, so she had found another way

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Petty revenge—fueled by jealousy.

could feign indifference all she wanted, but her actions

room, oblivious to his brooding thoughts, Corrine met his hostile gaze with an infuriatingly serene smile. Her voice, light and laced with mockery, drifted through the air. “Mr. Ashton, your devotion to Ms. Burgess is truly admirable. By tomorrow, all of Lyhaton will be talking about it. I daresay, many

the razor-sharp edge in her tone. Sour grapes. A woman dismissing what

is truly

million for a ring—now that