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

reluctant to involve Lyhaton’s major families in

in Carl’s

and steady, betraying no emotion, leaving his intentions

and the Ford family, along with the other three powerful families, began to rise, Pinetree City steadily declined. That is why they are so determined to keep

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market, unlimited ambition. Greed knew

that if the Ford family began to dip into their city’s market, the Fords’ influence would soon stretch across it. Once that foothold was established, it would only be a matter of time before the balance of power shifted—threatening everyone else’s

the smallest move from the Ford family, or any of Lyhaton’s major houses, into Pinetree City’s domain was

are planning to expand into Pinetree

was relaxed, but the certainty behind

“Decades ago, Pinetree City and Lyhaton were one. The split came only because they