The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1022:

Inside the car, Nate’s arm remained securely around Corrine’s waist, while his other hand rested casually on the door frame. He looked down at her, and their eyes met in an unexpected moment of stillness.

Nate raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile tugging at his lips. “Are you scared now?”

“Absolutely,” Corrine replied, her voice laced with playful sarcasm as she snuggled closer. “I’m positively terrified.”

Nate indulged her with a soft, reassuring tone. “Don’t worry. I’ve got you.”

Just then, Saul and Presley returned, tapping on the window.

Nate slowly lowered it. Saul reported, his expression calm, “Mr. Hopkins, there’s no one in the vehicles.”

eyes revealing nothing. He glanced at the overturned vehicle with barely a flicker of interest. “Leave a

when he saw Corrine still sitting in the car,

they resumed their journey toward the

mind elsewhere—narrowly avoiding a collision with another vehicle. Thankfully,

out on Saul’s forehead as he instinctively glanced at Nate and Corrine in the back seat. Lowering his voice,

snapped back to reality, his eyes meeting Nate’s and Corrine’s through the rearview mirror. He bit his lip before finally speaking up, unable to hold back any longer. “Mr. Hopkins, besides your grandfather, who else knows about

especially given the shadows that threatened him at every turn. But the appearance of the three vehicles seemed far

cold, piercing intensity, his silence

Ꮮⲁ𝗍𝓮𝐬𝓉 с𝐡𝒂𝗉𝓉𝖾𝗋𝓼 ց𝙖𝕝𝗇𝗈ⲃ𝗲𝗅𝘀[﹒]ⅽ𝗼𝗺

they were waiting for us. They seemed to know exactly when we’d leave the Hopkins family estate, and…

three vehicles, yet there was no trace of anyone behind