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.

if struck by lightning,

from his glass, but the

beneath the surface, Moses kicked Doug

was doing his

on heading

innocence as he stared at Corrine,

wiping his hands with a napkin, leaned forward, his voice low and serious. “You need to cut

stories available on

interest in Nate’s woman? It was a reckless

observing Corrine with raised eyebrows, couldn’t suppress the mischievous smile tugging at the corners

you part of an elite military skills competition