The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 843:

That simple revelation hit everyone like a freight train. The very people who had been whispering and laughing mere moments ago now looked as if they’d been slapped across the face.

“Weren’t you all laughing and mocking her just moments ago? Why the sudden silence now?” A deep, cold voice sliced through the tension like a winter wind, chilling the room to its core.

The moment Zeke spoke, the air shifted. It was as if an invisible frost had settled over the crowd, leaving everyone paralyzed.

Silence. A thick, suffocating silence. All eyes darted toward Corrine.

But she remained impassive. Her fingers idly traced the smooth surface of the bracelet on her wrist, her expression unreadable and detached—as if the chaos around her was nothing more than background noise.

one thing,” Zeke continued, his tone dangerously casual, hands tucked in his pockets. “But is it really so difficult to acknowledge another’s talent? Just moments ago, you were all so quick to condemn

they were, couldn’t miss the underlying threat in those

Apologize now, or face the consequences when the scandal inevitably spread. Panic rippled through the

stepped forward, bowing his head. “Miss Holland, I was

others followed, their apologies tumbling out one after another in a desperate bid

immediately. Instead, she lifted her gaze, her eyes settling on Danna, who stood rigidly

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stiffened. She refused to turn, her

Corrine in every way—aside from looks, of course. That was the only thing Corrine had over her. Otherwise, what did she have? Nothing but a stroke of luck that earned Nate’s favor. And when that luck ran out? Corrine would be nothing. Just another nobody. If she apologized now, she would become the joke of high society.

left. He stormed forward, his face dark with rage, and without hesitation, delivered a stinging slap

recoiled, eyes wide, her hand flying to her face as she