The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1168:

Under the dim lights, she had stood there with ear-length hair and a candy-colored rubber band around her wrist.

Her wide, expressive eyes peeked out from beneath her bangs, holding a beauty that seemed to encompass the entire world.

She had looked like a deer that had wandered into a battlefield—lost, vulnerable, utterly out of place.

Nate had never been one to act on sentiment or offer kindness without reason.

He could never control her, yet she had always held power over him.

The marriage agreement lingered in Corrine’s thoughts, stirring her curiosity once more.

“So, do you have any idea why we were arranged to marry each other in the first place?”

“I don’t,” Nate admitted. “Aside from my grandmother, I doubt anyone else knows the real reason.”

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to have the arrangement annulled, Ralph had

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people evaded the truth, the more

to discuss the arrangement only fueled her

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she caught sight of Nate’s wandering hand. Irritated, she swatted it

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Nate leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips, his fingers slipping beneath the fabric of her

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imagined that her concern for his well-being would become his

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