The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1038:

No man would stand by while someone openly tested his patience—especially not when it involved his fiancée.

Moses moved quickly, drink in one hand, as he clapped the other firmly onto Doug’s shoulder. The gesture was friendly, but the warning was clear. “Doesn’t matter whether you’ve met before or not. What matters is that we’re all friends now.”

Without waiting for a response, he pried Doug’s fingers from Corrine’s hand and pulled him down into the chair beside him. “Been too long since we all got together. Let’s start with a drink.”

Doug, though clearly distracted, lifted his glass. He took a sip, but his eyes drifted toward Corrine once more.

Under the golden glow of the lights, she raised her own glass. Her slender neck arched as she drank, her smooth jawline catching the light. Her skin had the kind of luminous beauty that turned heads without effort.

Even in profile, she was stunning.

then, as if struck by lightning, Doug’s eyes

just taken a sip from his glass, but the

bubbling beneath the surface, Moses kicked Doug under the table and hissed, “Will you ever

sake of their friendship, Moses was doing his best to stop Doug from stepping straight into

hell-bent on heading into the storm

innocence as he stared at Corrine, his gaze sharpening as though trying to read some

glass and wiping his hands with a napkin, leaned forward, his voice low

available

Doug lost his mind? Publicly showing interest in Nate’s woman? It was a reckless

couldn’t suppress the

the rising confusion, Doug asked, his tone suddenly serious, “Miss Holland, were you part of an