The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1436:

He wore a white suit, curls falling softly around his face. His looks were like something out of a painting.

The dim car light made his features even more striking. His eyes, especially, were something else—deep, intense, as if they held the secrets of the universe.

His shirt collar was slightly undone, revealing a bit of skin and a tattoo just beneath his collarbone that read, “I am Hell.”

He looked like an angel, but there was no mistaking the darkness that followed him.

Jonathan crossed his legs, toying with the ring on his thumb. His cold gaze softened slightly. “Miss Holland, your cleverness is quite charming.”

Corrine raised a brow. “Is that why you’re here?”

“Not exactly. I need a favor. I just need you to stay in the car with me. Thirty to forty minutes. That’s all.”

Corrine blinked.

was a

her doubt. His lips curled into a smirk. “Trust me. Sitting here with me for forty minutes

looked at him again in the

in silence in

the silence. “If there’s anything on your

words caught Corrine off

the tense relationship between Jonathan and Nate, she hadn’t expected him to be this warm. Yet, there was something about him that drew her in, making her want to believe he

told her she could

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:

expression unreadable, she finally spoke. “How much do you really know about

eyes narrowing just enough to lend his expression a sly edge, making his already magnetic stare even more compelling. “I won’t pretend I know it all—but there are secrets I’ve learned, the kind most people

a thought in Corrine’s