The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1641

Chapter 1640


Chapter 1640:

Taylor froze. His expression crumpled, rebuilt itself, and then cracked again. “Wait, wait a minute…” What the hell?

His mouth moved, but no words followed.

Fiancé? Did she just say Nate Hopkins?

His mind scrambled to assemble the pieces, but they refused to fit.

How had this happened? How had those two ended up together?

His thoughts spun in helpless circles.

If it had been anyone else, he could have made them back off, made them reconsider.

But Nate?

He fought the urge to take a drink right then and there.

Meanwhile, Nate watched the flicker of shock on Taylor’s face. He understood men—understood the look of one realizing, too late, that he’d missed his chance.

“Let’s talk inside,” Corrine offered smoothly.

Once in the private room, the three settled around the table.

Nate passed a cup of coffee to Corrine with familiar ease. Taylor’s eyes narrowed slightly. “She doesn’t take caffeine after six. You didn’t know that?”


Nate met his gaze calmly.

Taylor raised an eyebrow, not breaking eye contact. His words carried a clear message to Nate—he knew Corrine well.

slow, provoking smile curled

unfazed by the provocation. “How’s your father doing these

in the way his shoulders squared. “He’s well. He mentioned wanting to fence with you again, but

the Charles family—didn’t

quietly observing the exchange, suddenly understood

for the head of the Charles household to mention sparring with Nate… it suggested a level

secrets was Nate

????

one, filling

likely due

steal subtle glances at Corrine, unreadable emotions


“When’s the wedding?”

water. Taylor didn’t ask out of idle curiosity—he asked because

power the Hopkins name carried—he’d find a way to make the bastard pay, regardless

behind the question clearly. He didn’t flinch.

him instinctively, and in his intense gaze, she saw something unshakable—a deep, unwavering

This wasn’t for show.

together, he had treated her with nothing less than sincerity. And now, that sincerity wrapped itself around

quietly, but Taylor mistook her composure for

his glass, and

three of them stepped out into the night, parting ways at the entrance of Serenity

following the sleek Venom GT as it disappeared down the road. He squinted his eyes. “Find out what Taylor’s father has been

replied from the

expression in the rearview mirror. “Sir, one more thing—we’ve just confirmed it.


dry grass, igniting a taut

she and Taylor headed straight for

the drill, got them suited up in record time.

a mock throat-slitting

referee’s signal. The flag dropped. And in a blink, a black car and

fast. It felt inevitable—like

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