The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1499:

She took a sip and placed the glass back on the table. Her tone was cool. “So the man in the car earlier— that was Dewey?”

Jules looked down. “It was.”

Her gaze sharpened for a moment before a faint smile tugged at her lips. “He must have done something to set Grandpa off.”

If he hadn’t gone too far, maybe the Holland name would still have something left to stand on.

Jules said nothing. He emptied his glass and leaned back, letting the silence stretch.

Then his voice came low and deliberate. “Corrine, I don’t know if there’s any part of you that still holds on to him, but Dewey’s dangerous. Letting him linger in your life will only bring more pain.”

“I’m aware,” she replied.

mother, Corrine understood there was no future between them as father and daughter. What was

tying them together, she might have believed she

else could a father be so quick to cast his own daughter

happened to him now

judgment, that family

turn his back on

in the Ford household, Corrine and Jules had

??

always nearby, never needing to say much. There was a quiet bond between them, something

could read each other

noticed her slipping into silence, Jules had a

flicker in his eyes, and spoke in a slow, even tone. “Dewey tried to strike a bargain with the Ford family. Said it was tied to you. In exchange, he asked us to protect what he still had—his money, his position. I brought him to the mansion, and Grandpa took him into the study alone.