The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1114

Chapter 1114:

His final ace had just been ripped from his grasp. Slumping back in his seat, his face turned ghostly pale.

Presley’s expression darkened. “Where the hell did you get those?” The sheer force of an explosion from those devices could have buried them all in the tunnel.

Hawk’s gaze shifted past Presley to Darrion. His voice was cool, laced with mockery. “Ask him. Consider them returned to their rightful owner. No thanks needed.”

Presley shot Darrion a mocking look. “I underestimated you before.”

The Grand Palace buzzed softly with murmurs, the spacious living room now crowded with people. The weight of the day’s events hung in the air like an unshakable fog.

Corrine and Karina sat together on the sofa, Karina looking weary and withdrawn. Silently, Corrine poured a cup of warm water and handed it to her. “Here, drink this.”

wrapping a trembling hand around the cup, lifting it to her lips for a small,

bomb had been strapped to her—was beyond even her worst nightmares. There was no

Karina’s delicate features. With a reassuring touch to her cheek, she said, “Come on, let me take you

the same dirt-streaked clothes from earlier—a grim reminder of what she

they disappeared upstairs, Zack exhaled and

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cigarette before lighting it. A thin veil of smoke curled

mood, Zack changed the subject. He turned to Nate, arching an eyebrow.

from his cigarette, his jaw tightening. “Of all people, why

it had been anyone else, he wouldn’t

eye to his actions, knowing full well that as the next head of the Seymour family, his marriage would

the Independent Continent, they would

and Karina in a dangerous