The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1554

Chapter 1554:

“Huh?” Rachel was startled back to awareness, lowering her gaze awkwardly as she murmured, “I shed a few tears while chopping onions this afternoon.” Catching the deepening furrow of his brow, she hastily added, “I’ll be more careful next time,” dreading the thought he might perceive it as a bid for sympathy.

Feeling her discomfort, Jules exhaled heavily. “You’ve been sheltered since childhood. Let the staff handle these tasks. Don’t attempt things beyond your skill and make yourself suffer unnecessarily.”

Rachel lowered her gaze, masking the sting of his words beneath her lashes.

He truly felt nothing for her.

No effort of hers could ever win his favor.

She bit her lower lip and whispered, “I understand.”

sudden deflation and felt an unexpected

emotional landscape remained a

moments ago, now sadness clouded her features. The transformation perplexed

restlessly before the chessboard, her concentration fractured. Perhaps Nate

repeatedly to her phone, anxious not to miss any

regretted her hasty acceptance of her

distracted expression and smiled knowingly. “Something weighing on

piece without thought. Only afterward did she recognize her tactical error, a flicker of dismay crossing her features. Unwilling to betray her mistake to Carl, she maintained

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provided a welcome reprieve. “Jules is here. I should go greet him,”

feet into her waiting slippers

averted his gaze with a knowing sigh. “She wears her heart so plainly, silently begging others to notice, yet remains too proud to ever admit

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Carl a glass of water while surveying the abandoned chessboard. “You