The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 978:

Just then, Millard walked in, carrying a small velvet box. He flipped it open, revealing an elegantly crafted ring. “Tell me if you like it.”

Under normal circumstances, Tracy would have been pleased, but her mind was too preoccupied to fully focus.

Under normal circumstances, such surprises would lift Tracy’s spirits. But today, she barely glanced at it, setting the box aside before taking a slow sip of water.

Sensing her lack of enthusiasm, Millard tried to reassure her. “We’ll figure things out. Don’t overthink it.”

“How am I supposed to not overthink it?” Tracy shot back, her glare sharp. “If I had known what kind of family they were, I never would have let Leah marry into ours! I believed her parents were decent people, and out of consideration for past ties, I worked hard to bring Leah and Bruce together. But look what disaster the Burgess family has brought! And Leah? She’s nothing but a walking scandal. She swears she’s always loved Bruce, yet she went abroad, got pregnant, got dumped, and now she’s back, expecting Bruce to take her in like nothing happened! What does she think he is?”

The engagement party fiasco had not only ruined Leah’s reputation but had turned Bruce into a laughingstock.

the Burgess family neck-deep in illegal trade

already made

plan?”

better!” Tracy snapped. “To the public, they’re only engaged, so

slightly. “But if we go through with this, Bruce will be seen as a

– 𝖁𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖉 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙

better than keeping Leah in this family!” Tracy countered without

Ashton.” A servant’s

entrance just as Bruce stepped in from outside. She quickly rose to her feet, her expression tense. “Bruce, I’m glad you’re back. We

me to divorce Leah?” Under the

know this isn’t easy, but you need to think about our family. Are you really willing to put everything we’ve built