The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1490:

Logically, it was impossible for a six-year-old to forcefully push an adult woman down the stairs.

Despite this, Dewey turned a deaf ear to Corrine’s desperate explanations and conducted no investigation, choosing instead to wholly blame her while she continually professed her innocence.

He had beaten her mercilessly and then ordered the servants to strip her down to a thin nightgown and force her to kneel in the freezing snow without food or warmth until she confessed.

Had her grandfather and uncles not intervened in time, Corrine likely would not have survived that harsh winter day eighteen years ago.

Despite years of neglect, Dewey now audaciously claimed a paternal bond.

Eighteen years ago, he had definitively severed their father-daughter ties, proclaiming that Corrine was no longer a member of the Holland family.

brazenly claimed she had been a parasite on the family, despite Corrine having been estranged from them for many years. Dewey’s audacity was truly

his bloodshot eyes burning with such intensity it seemed he might lunge

voice dripping with indifference. “Did you honestly believe dragging me

his gaze dark and fixed on

not for my mother’s influence, do you really think the Holland family would have survived all

violently as he clenched his jaw. “You little monster! What sin did I commit in my past life to deserve crossing paths with you and your

𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖉: 𝖌𝖆𝖑𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖘ꞏ𝖈𝖔𝖒

what my mother

over him with glacial

affection she might have harbored, leaving her with little patience for this man who claimed to be her biological

he attempted to assert paternal authority, she felt nothing but disdain swelling within her