The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1591

Chapter 1591:

For most, loyalty might not carry much weight, but for Jacob, it was crucial.

Even when he stayed silent, Corrine didn’t rush him. She leaned back, composed, as though time itself would hand her the answer. Her patience wasn’t passive. It carried weight. It told him she already knew what he would choose.

Jacob took a deep breath after a lengthy silence. “Since Dewey was sent to the sanatorium, Carl has been worried that Dewey might do something extreme and harm you. He instructed me discreetly to monitor the sanatorium. There was no activity until this morning when we received news that…” He paused, gauging Corrine’s reaction.

Corrine’s expression remained impassive, as though the news of Dewey was of no consequence to her.

However, Jacob’s deliberate pause made her brow furrow slightly. “What’s the news about?”

With a tight-lipped expression, Jacob finally disclosed, “They reported that Dewey passed away due to a sudden illness early this morning.”

left Corrine momentarily

as Dewey had accused, branding her

from Dewey had faded, leaving behind only

had harbored deep resentment toward

ruthlessness and indifference grew each day. Her desperate pleas in the snow, where she had swallowed her pride, were met not with forgiveness but with scathing criticism. He charged her with

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moment she knew—he didn’t want her apology, and he had

word of Dewey’s death reached her, Corrine’s emotions were muddled. She felt neither sorrow nor

tossed into a still lake—small ripples formed, and then faded into nothing.

and paused briefly before he ventured, “Miss Holland,

abruptly to the present, her expression unwavering as

emotional ties to Dewey, Corrine knew him as a man who meticulously managed every detail of his life, health included. With

have ignored signs of

else lay hands on his fortune. Even in death, he would