The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1167:

“Have you ever visited Forestvale?”

“I have,” Nate answered. “You’ve brought this up before.”

The answer was the same, but Corrine’s perspective had changed. She no longer saw it as mere coincidence or fate. Tonight, she drew a different conclusion.

Her pulse quickened, fingers twitching slightly as she drew in steadying breaths. “So, five years ago, when I got caught in a fight during training in Forestvale, and someone shielded me all night… That was you, wasn’t it?”

Despite her effort to stay composed, a slight tremor betrayed her nerves. At her words, Nate’s lips curved into a subtle smile, his eyes holding an unreadable glint.

She hadn’t truly forgotten that night. She had simply never expected to cross paths with him again—never imagined the man who had once protected her was standing before her now.

a perfect hiding spot—until I was discovered sooner than expected. The situation was dangerous, and just as

the dim lights, she had stood there with ear-length hair and a candy-colored rubber band

her bangs, holding

looked like a deer that had wandered into a battlefield—lost, vulnerable, utterly out

had never been one to act on

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reached for the intercom, instructing the servants to prepare and

voiced the question that had

you ever visited

Nate answered. “You’ve brought this up

perspective had changed. She no longer saw it as mere coincidence or fate. Tonight, she

ago, when I got caught