The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1616

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.”

handed Corrine

city districts, there’s been some unrest in Pinetree City. They’re reluctant to involve Lyhaton’s major families in their affairs and have resorted to covert actions. This has caused

sparkle danced in Carl’s

was deep and steady, betraying no emotion,

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

feared that if the Ford family began to dip into their city’s market, the Fords’ influence would soon stretch across

the Ford family, or any of Lyhaton’s major houses, into Pinetree City’s

to expand into Pinetree City,” Carl

but the certainty behind

and unwavering. She gave a solemn nod. “Decades ago, Pinetree City and Lyhaton were one. The split came only because they chose different paths of development. That was the reason the Ford family withdrew their business