The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1438:

He bid Corrine goodbye, nodded at Jacob, and then turned toward a sleek business vehicle waiting in the parking lot.

Corrine sat motionless for a few seconds, eyes on their backs as they disappeared across the lot. Only when they were gone did she start the engine.

But Jonathan’s words echoed in her mind: “Not every mother in this world welcomes her child’s birth. Scarlette never did. She’s carried a deep, bitter loathing for Nate all his life…”

She had tried to shake the feeling ever since overhearing that phone call. Now, she knew her instincts had been right all along.

So that was why Nate was always so distant.

How could someone raised without affection from his family ever learn to show it?

Evelyn had hinted at it once, but Corrine hadn’t realized how deep the wound ran. Nate’s life had been rougher than she’d imagined. There wasn’t a soul in the Hopkins family who truly cared for him. But she did.

despise Nate all she wanted—Corrine

ever tried to

would make sure to keep him safe because he

hit the

Celtis

leapt forward and wrapped herself around

Nate’s lips. His hand found

had something

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡: 𝙜ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘴⫽𝙘𝙤𝙢

his shoulder, she mumbled a quiet

Nate could tell something was

kiss to

him with a sigh

lock of hair around her finger, then glanced at him with a mischievous spark. “Can I bother my brilliant fiancé