The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1182:

After a brief pause, she offered a warm explanation. “We met at Moonlight Plaza, and I thought Miss Holland might appreciate jade. So, I picked this out for her.”

The living room was cloaked in an uneasy silence, the air thick with unspoken tension. Though everyone felt it, no one dared to disturb the quiet.

Elva might have been a woman, but the women of the Quinn family were no delicate flowers—they were forged in steel and ambition.

Elva, in particular, bore the Quinn matriarch’s influence like an heirloom, chosen to carry the family’s legacy.

The region once buzzed with news of her engagement to Nate, a tale so widely spread it became near gospel. Even Moses and Zack, Nate’s steadfast companions, had nearly believed it.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so stunned to learn that Nate was with Corrine.

In hindsight, the rumors of Nate and Elva seemed less like coincidence and more like Elva’s careful orchestration.

gift—a bracelet offered to Corrine—felt like a

just for her beauty but for her silver tongue and

not blessings. Her benevolence felt out of

finally spoke, his voice as

exhaled, a breath so subtle it barely

Nate refused, the sting of humiliation would

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matters to attend to,”

Herbert’s voice floated behind her. “When will you

in with a smirk, “What’s

catch Nate’s answer. She walked out

hold back, spoke up. “Miss

as polished as her appearance. “It’s just a bracelet—it served