The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 984:

Three men circling around one woman—now that was a rare spectacle worth watching.

He had every intention of staying to witness the fireworks. At least, that had been his plan until his phone rang, snapping him out of his entertainment. Jayden’s voice came through, tense and clipped. “There is an emergency at the lab. You need to come now.”

The easy grin vanished from Jules’ face, replaced by sharp focus. “Understood.”

He ended the call, spun on his heel, and headed straight for his car without a moment’s hesitation.

Meanwhile, across the street, Nate’s phone buzzed. Without breaking stride, he retrieved it and answered. Moses’ voice filled the line. “Nate, Research Institute 101 just released some new data. I’ll forward it to you now.”

it,” Nate replied,

for Nate to

“Nate… are you really planning to take

gaze fixed straight ahead as he

“I think you should reconsider this,” he said. “You know what it means to bring someone there. You of all people understand that better than anyone.” He paused, then pressed

stretched far and wide. Even the Elder Council—the very

avoided direct confrontation, preferring to operate from the shadows, but Nate was never truly out of their sights. For years, they had tested his boundaries, probing for weaknesses, always searching for

at

If Nate brought her into his world, there would be no turning back. The Elder Council would see her not just as Nate’s lover, but as a tool—a pawn they could use to manipulate the man they could never quite

and impressive background, none of it held any weight in the eyes of the

glass panel, his gaze drifting toward the distant sun sinking below the horizon. His voice