The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 994:

As the minutes dragged on, the chamber door finally swung open. Through the swirling mist, Corrine emerged, moving slowly.

Jules rushed to her side, his concern evident. “How do you feel? Any discomfort?”

Corrine looked at him, her lips curling into a soft smile. “I feel wonderful.”

“That’s a relief,” Jules murmured, his breath escaping in a sigh.

Eaton approached with a fresh set of results in hand. “Here are Miss Holland’s latest readings. Everything is stable. We’re getting closer to success!”

In the past, Corrine’s physical readings had risen to a certain level, only to plummet soon after. Without medication, the downward spiral signaled the inevitable approach of death.

Jules skimmed through the report while dialing Jayden’s number. That was when he noticed a thin stream of blood trickling from Corrine’s nose.

limp,

catching her just

into darkness, and she

to drop, the chill settling into her bones. Her skin turned ghostly pale, and veins stood out beneath it like roads on

back at Celtis Estate, Nate tried calling Corrine, but his calls went unanswered. A sinking feeling crept into his chest,

his coat and rushed out the

seeing Nate’s hasty departure, quickly intervened. “Sir, Miss Holland mentioned she had urgent

did she say

freeze the very air around them. Tanya, feeling the weight of his frosty tone, hesitated.

him. “Is something wrong with Miss Holland?” Tanya asked, her voice tinged with

flicked over her, sharp and indifferent. Without another word, he turned and

consciousness, she found herself surrounded by familiar

me?” Carl’s eyes sparkled with concern as he leaned in

the others crowded around the bed, their faces