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.”

into a faint smile, devoid of warmth. “You may say these things to me,” she said, her voice measured, “but if outsiders hear them… do not blame me for being

breath

her gaze fixed on the distant horizon where the sky kissed the sea. Her eyes, however,

did not throw themselves at men. Unlike Rosalie,

people still linked her name to Nate. In all of the Independent Continent, who else could stand on equal footing

possibility—it was

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beneath her. She never

now, with Nate parading Corrine around, those rumors had taken a new

in love was a dangerous thing—irrational and blind. Striking now would only make him cling tighter

her pride and chose

a weapon of its own. She would wait for the moment Nate’s passion dimmed and Corrine became yesterday’s