The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1635

Chapter 1635:

Now, it all looked like hollow showmanship.

Surrounded by silent criticism, Corrine kept her composure. “I’ve had the contract prepared. If you have no concerns, Mr. Charles, perhaps you’d like to review it.”

She gave a small signal to Jules’ assistant.

With a nod, the assistant stepped forward and handed the contract to Taylor.

Taylor accepted it without looking and tossed it onto the table carelessly. His expression remained unreadable, but his cold gray-brown eyes were sharp with disapproval. “We’ve been trying to schedule a meeting with Mr. Ford for a month. Every time, he claimed he was too busy. So we made the trip ourselves, only to be brushed off and sent a woman in his place. Tell me, is that not a sign of…”

“Disrespect? What does he take the Charles family for? Servants, to be ordered around whenever it suits him?” Taylor spat.

to lift their heads. Outwardly, they forced calm expressions, but their hearts were

on arms trafficking in the early

was the full truth. Whispers remained, that behind the

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in stark contrast to the tension gripping the room,

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clarity. “The Charles family is often seen as the true power

to the contract resting beside Taylor,

woman was always dangerously smooth

at the sight of a small note tucked inside. Whatever was written there made his eyes gleam with unmistakable excitement. Without hesitation, he picked up a pen and signed the

team sat frozen, their expressions a mix of shock and disbelief. No one had expected

minutes later, Corrine walked alongside Taylor