The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 971:

Even now, Sonia still struggled to believe that the complete downfall of the Burgess family was real.

Over the years, Corey had been involved in countless illegal dealings, yet somehow, every single time, he had slipped through the cracks, untouchable. No evidence ever stuck to him.

But this time was different. Not only had the company’s financial records been thoroughly investigated, but even the confidential roster had surfaced—the very list of powerful names Corey had relied on to protect him from the law’s reach.

Those documents had always been kept under Corey’s tight control, guarded like treasures even from her.

Yet the investigators had unearthed them with disturbing ease, as if they had been guided by invisible hands.

with the Burgess estate sealed off and the company dissolved into nothing, Sonia had been

someone who had spent her life as a pampered socialite, accustomed to silken luxury and the envious gaze of others,

friends she had once wined and dined with, exchanging secrets over crystal glasses

delivered another slap. One by one, those so-called friends drew their curtains and shut their doors, pretending not to know

agonizing hours of hesitation, Sonia gathered what little resolve she had left, rose to her feet, and made her way to the police

“Mom—”

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she could even stand fully, a firm hand pressed her shoulder, guiding her back down

brace herself for what came next. “Leah, no one is willing to

what?” Leah leaned forward, her eyes flashing with a fragile hope she tried

to Corrine