The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1183:

A test to see if Nate would forsake the Quinn family for a woman.

“Miss Quinn… are you really not angry with that woman, Corrine?” the assistant ventured, regretting the words the moment they escaped her lips.

Elva’s silence was more unnerving than anger.

Growing anxious, the assistant glanced at her through the rearview mirror. Her voice, hesitant, tiptoed on. “With Nate’s status… who else on the Independent Continent could be more suited for him than you? The marriage was arranged by your grandmother and Ralph. Yet Nate disregards your position and brings back an unknown woman, openly defying both you and your grandmother.”

“Are you finished?” Elva’s voice was soft—deceptively so.

A chill ran down the assistant’s spine.

She swallowed hard and nodded stiffly. “Yes… yes, I’m done.”

of warmth. “You may say these things to me,” she said, her voice

breath

her head against her hand, her gaze fixed on the distant horizon where the sky

throw themselves at men. Unlike Rosalie, who shamelessly chased after affection,

to Nate. In all of the Independent Continent, who else could stand on equal footing with him besides

mere possibility—it was destiny, etched in stone long before Corrine

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She never bothered to defend herself

around, those rumors

thing—irrational and blind. Striking now would only

she swallowed her pride and chose to

for the moment Nate’s passion dimmed and Corrine became yesterday’s