The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1620:

“Waldo, you are a lawyer. Do you not understand what it means to hit someone?” Jolene’s voice rang out, cold and clipped, simmering with a strange mix of fury and frustration. “I am talking to you! Answer me!”

A low scoff followed, bitter and defiant. “Jolene, do you really not know why I did it?”

Waldo’s voice cut through the tension like a blade. Had he not seen her being harassed, would he have charged in like that—without a word—and socked the guy in the face?

He had thrown himself into the middle of it, taken the hits like a fool, and now she was standing there, yelling at him? Women truly had hearts carved from stone.

They walked in silence, tension hanging in the air like a thick fog. Then, just a few steps ahead, Corrine appeared, her presence cutting through the atmosphere. Waldo froze in his tracks. Guilt and panic flickered behind his glasses like candlelight in a storm.

“What are you doing here?” His voice cracked slightly, and he instinctively raised a hand to shield the cut at the corner of his mouth.

was something knowing in the way

bruises blooming across his skin, the cracked lens of

really had

scrape would send him into dramatic fits. The idea of him picking a fight on his

to Jolene. “Tell

behind her ear as she mumbled, “He

bar tonight with a plan. Her

his usual lack of timing, stormed in and threw a punch without

been stunned at first. Caught off guard. But once he snapped

instinct men sometimes mistook for bravery—Waldo held his ground. He clenched his jaw and

in the bar must have recognized Waldo. Panic spread fast. Fearing the fight would spiral, they called

Jolene had rushed to offer the man an apology. She was worried. Waldo had struck first, after all. If the guy decided to press charges, it could mean trouble—serious trouble. But Waldo had been too angry to hear