The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1412:

Corrine blinked. She wasn’t sure, but she had a feeling he meant more than a simple check-up.

They melted into each other once more, his embrace a perfect mix of strength and tenderness.

From a distance, Kinsley stood in quiet awe.

She vividly recalled the first time she ever laid eyes on Nate—at a grand banquet.

He had descended a spiral staircase clad in a jet-black suit, each step carrying a casual grace that demanded attention.

The bright lights painted shadows across his chiseled features, sharpening every edge of his face until he looked like he’d stepped out of a painting.

He carried an air of effortless power, his silence louder than any speech. No one could look away.

both powerful and gentle. His eyes brimmed with warmth and affection, and

untouchable—cool, distant, wrapped in a shell of indifference so complete that no affection could reach him. Kinsley had thought a man like him could never be swayed by love, let alone

him look at Corrine the way he did—gentle, protective, completely unguarded—she realized life was full of surprises. Maybe that was what made it

by the fall of the invincible—why it was so satisfying to see someone

her dazed stare at Nate. Rolling his eyes, he leaned in and asked, “So that’s your

just inches from hers. Her cheeks flushed a rare

rest on

a brow. “Then what kind

like…” she started confidently, then abruptly stopped. Her

What had

Corrine stepped out of Nate’s arms,

“That’s Kinsley Atkinson—the heiress