The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1322:

Dewey’s face tightened, his head lowering as his eyes flicked nervously over Nate’s features, trying to discern his thoughts.

Nate remained an enigma, his expression unreadable, a mask of calm that betrayed no hint of emotion.

Yet Dewey clung to a sliver of confidence. After all, he was a father—a father with the right to discipline his child. No matter how powerful Nate was, he couldn’t interfere in a matter so personal, could he?

This thought gave Dewey a bit of courage.

Just as Dewey straightened his spine, ready to stand firm, Nate’s cold voice sliced through the air. “Your father?”

Corrine’s face was unreadable, but her eyes gleamed with a frosty light as she replied, “No.”

His eyes shot to Corrine, his voice rising in a crescendo of fury. “Corrine, what nonsense are you speaking? How dare you deny me as your father in front of others! This is pure

words, Nate’s

like a blade poised at his throat, stifling any

quiet force behind it so powerful that Dewey’s words

he was dead,” Nate said slowly, his voice as

contact. It would be better for you to

hidden threat, like a

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩: g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈𝗏𝗲𝗅𝘀꞉𝗰𝗼𝗺

flickered nervously

eyes met, and Dewey couldn’t suppress a shiver. Every instinct screamed that if his words didn’t please Nate, he might

a forced smile, Dewey opened his mouth to speak, but before he could utter a single word, Nate had already turned

left now, who knew when he’d have the