Chapter 1040:

Tightening her grip on her fork and knife, Rosalie cut through her food with restrained anger.

After Corrine finished her meal, she carefully placed her napkin down and stood up. “I need to use the restroom. Please continue without me.”

“I’ll go with you,” Nate said, putting down his utensils, ready to rise, but Corrine gently pressed her hand to his shoulder.

“No need. Mandy is coming with me.” With that, she left.

After Corrine’s departure, Rosalie couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked Doug, “Did you really see her at that elite military skills competition?”

“She confirmed it herself,” Doug replied.

At that moment, Nate took a sip of his wine, setting the glass down with a soft, yet deliberate sound, almost like an unspoken warning.

to believe…” She had

participated in an elite military competition, that

Zack, however, remained

take on eight

had assumed Jules’ training explained her combat skills. But now, they realized how

at Nate, and remarked, “Your

met Corrine, it was her beauty that had caught his attention. But now, he saw how

swirled his wine glass, watching the ruby liquid move in graceful circles like a blooming rose. “The heiress of the Ford family, the wealthiest family in Lyhaton, should not be underestimated.”

in the room understood that, despite the Ford family’s immense wealth, it mattered little to

the Ford family stemmed only from one person:

is an exceptional heiress,” Herbert said, his words free of any mockery. There was only

staff member to the sky garden, where the night seemed to merge

floated in the

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