The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1616:

Despite his exhaustive travels, he returned only to be greeted with punishment. Corrine couldn’t help but laugh at his plight. “Well, go on, tell me what happened.”

“All my efforts for you, and here you are, enjoying my troubles rather than defending me!” Waldo shot her a disgruntled look. He leaned back, eyeing Carl on the sofa and lowering his voice. “Aren’t you curious about the talk between Evelyn and Carl at the engagement celebration that day?”

Carl’s stern command cut him off. “Stand properly and reflect on yourself!”

Waldo straightened up immediately, his posture becoming rigid. “Hurry up and get inside. This is my time for self-reflection, so don’t interrupt me.” Corrine remained quiet.

Inside, Carl sat on the sofa, perusing the guest list. Spotting Corrine, he set the list down and removed his glasses. “I noticed you’ve included several families from Pinetree City on the guest list.”

Leland handed Corrine a coffee.

the cup aside and explained calmly, “With the recent governmental reorganization of city districts, there’s been some unrest in Pinetree City. They’re reluctant to involve Lyhaton’s major families in their affairs and

cryptic sparkle danced in Carl’s eyes.

deep and steady, betraying

back, the friction between Pinetree City and Lyhaton began with the earliest territorial splits. As the years passed, and the Ford family, along with the other three powerful

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was simple enough—limited market, unlimited ambition. Greed knew no

the Ford family began to dip into their city’s market, the Fords’ influence would soon stretch across it. Once that foothold was established, it would only be a matter

family, or any of Lyhaton’s major houses, into Pinetree City’s domain was met with immediate resistance—an unspoken

planning to expand into Pinetree

was relaxed, but the certainty behind his

and Lyhaton were one. The split came only because they chose different paths of development. That was the reason