The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1346:

“You go ahead and finish your breakfast.” Her tone held a new weight as she placed the coffee back on the table and rose to her feet.

The sound of the chair sliding back prompted Mandy to jump up from her seat. “Miss Holland, where are you going?”

Corrine offered a faint smile, one that barely touched her lips, and gave Mandy a gentle pat on the shoulder. “Back to my room to change. Stay here. I will not be long.”

The moment she entered her room, Corrine took out her phone. Her fingers moved quickly, almost urgently, as she dialed Jules’ number.

“Tell me,” she said the instant he answered, “what has been happening in Lyhaton?”

Jules stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, the burn of the embers fading with a soft hiss. “Everything is normal at home. Do not worry.”

Since Jayden’s incident, Jules had revamped his intelligence network. It was still under trial, but even in its early stages, it had proven useful—too efficient to let something slip by unnoticed.

had occurred, he would have sensed it

eyes narrowed, a chill creeping into her gaze. “I

pause. A telling

him is completely sealed off. Whatever is happening, it is under lock and

had been escorted out of the research institute. Then, a new team had swept in, accelerating the drug trials. And now—total silence. It was all too

of hope. But that thread snapped the moment

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her chest,

and heart felt like invisible coils tightening around them. She struggled to breathe, as if her emotions

tightened until her knuckles turned pale. She drew in a steadying breath and

she stood in silence, eyes unfocused as she stared at the boundless

pulled by instinct, she reached for