The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1384:

“I am,” Nate responded coldly, his voice laced with firm authority. His eyes shimmered with a complex, dark emotion before he added ominously, “Unless that woman wants to see Claude carried out of Lyhaton in a body bag.”

Maddox clicked his tongue, visibly disturbed by the thought. “That woman has certainly brought you enough trouble over the years,” he remarked. “But if you go through with this, you’re definitely burning bridges.”

Nate’s lips twisted into a faint, mocking smile. “There was never any relationship, to begin with, so there’s nothing to destroy,” he stated coolly.

Maddox pressed his tongue against his jaw, the gray smoke swirling around him, veiling his emotions. He let out a cold chuckle and remarked, “Killing her flesh and blood for the sake of a stepson. Damn, that’s one hell of a twisted stepmother.”

The others in the room remained silent, their eyes lowered, hiding their turbulent thoughts.

The next morning, Corrine woke up feeling groggy.

Her hand reached out instinctively to the empty space beside her in the bed. It was cold.

left

this, the stark emptiness of the room still filled her

her heart had

the bed, she

note stuck on the

reading the bold, flowing script: “Waiting for

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its meaning when Dewey abandoned her. Even her return to the Ford family with her grandfather hadn’t restored

now, Nate’s simple sentence ignited a fierce

noticed the toothbrush and toothpaste arranged neatly by the

later, she

the hotel dining area, the group tidied up and made their way to the convention

slowed her pace to walk alongside