The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1639:

The idea of Corrine having a boyfriend—it didn’t compute. In his mind, she wasn’t someone who could belong to anyone. She was… above all that. Too untouchable. Too sacred.

Yet while he’d been away, someone had dared to step into her world. Someone had slipped past his watch, touched what shouldn’t be touched, and tainted his angel. Unforgivable.

And if he ever found out who it was, that man would regret it for the rest of his miserable life.

Corrine glanced back at him. His expression was a readable map of every emotion storming through him. She arched a brow. “My boyfriend. You coming?”

“Yes!” he blurted, far too fast. His mind hadn’t caught up, but his mouth had already made the decision for him.

Taylor drove them back ten minutes faster than Corrine had earlier. Clearly, he was eager to meet this daring boyfriend.

At the Serenity Garden parking lot, Taylor stalked close behind Corrine like a well-trained hound, sharp-eyed and ever-present. Anyone who dared glance at her for too long met the full weight of his scowl.

“You still haven’t told me how serious this relationship is,” he pressed.

been asking in different ways ever

kind of man had managed to win

in Ezion. By birthright alone, he could claim a title

Corrine had rejected him outright. She had said he didn’t meet her

sentence had seared into his memory like a brand, and he’d never quite

kind of man had she accepted? What did

her answer. “We’re engaged.” She paused, then added, “In other

if summoned by fate itself, Nate appeared at the entrance of Serenity Garden, catching her words just as they fell from her lips.

him—and froze. “Nate Hopkins? What are

men, her brow lifting. “You

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his grip on her

you ask

momentarily thrown off. Was

reassuring smile. “I’d rather