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.

would have sensed it already. And yet, his vague reassurance only stirred the storm

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

pause. A

about him is completely sealed off. Whatever is happening, it is under lock and key. Instead of asking me, you might want to go to him directly. Find out for

had swept in, accelerating the drug trials. And now—total silence. It was all too orchestrated, too

had held onto a fragile thread of hope. But that thread snapped

𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓽

heavy pressure pressed against her chest, wrapping around her like an unrelenting

felt like invisible coils tightening around them. She struggled to breathe, as if her emotions were suffocating her from

her knuckles turned pale. She drew in a steadying breath and spoke in a low, cool voice, hoarse

as she stared at

pulled by instinct, she reached for her phone