The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1620

Chapter 1620:

“Waldo, you are a lawyer. Do you not understand what it means to hit someone?” Jolene’s voice rang out, cold and clipped, simmering with a strange mix of fury and frustration. “I am talking to you! Answer me!”

A low scoff followed, bitter and defiant. “Jolene, do you really not know why I did it?”

Waldo’s voice cut through the tension like a blade. Had he not seen her being harassed, would he have charged in like that—without a word—and socked the guy in the face?

He had thrown himself into the middle of it, taken the hits like a fool, and now she was standing there, yelling at him? Women truly had hearts carved from stone.

They walked in silence, tension hanging in the air like a thick fog. Then, just a few steps ahead, Corrine appeared, her presence cutting through the atmosphere. Waldo froze in his tracks. Guilt and panic flickered behind his glasses like candlelight in a storm.

doing here?” His voice cracked slightly, and he instinctively raised

was quiet, but there was something knowing in the way she spoke. “I

the bruises blooming across his skin, the cracked lens of his glasses

had gone all

he was younger, even the tiniest scrape would send him into dramatic fits.

Jolene.

behind her ear as she mumbled, “He saw some creep bothering me

had shown up at the bar tonight with a plan. Her

calculated. Everything under control. Until Waldo, in his usual lack

had been stunned at first. Caught off guard. But once he snapped out of it, the tide turned

bravery—Waldo held his ground. He clenched his jaw and

bar must have recognized Waldo. Panic spread fast. Fearing the fight would spiral, they called the