The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1650

Chapter 1650:

Drawing a quiet breath to steady herself, Corrine forced a calm reply.

“I thought you were here for a tour?”

Before the moment could stretch any further, she seized the opening to slip out from under Nate’s arm.

The loss of her warmth left a strange emptiness in Nate’s chest.

Sliding one hand casually into his pocket, he glanced around her room. It was just as he remembered—warm, comfortable, but strangely impersonal.

For all that it was Corrine’s bedroom, there were no photographs, nothing to hint at her life or personality.

It was like she was just passing through—a traveler in a hotel room, ready to pack up and move on at any time.

her lips. Her clear, observant eyes studied Nate as she took a

any thoughts?”

just a place to rest. She couldn’t quite grasp

then, he surprised

about leaving the

The faint smile at

fingertips traced slowly along the rim of her mug, silence stretching

sure when I’ll

brow furrowed at her

steady breath, her voice calm and detached, as

when I learned I had a half-sister, one born only a few months after me. Everything changed from that moment on. I was no longer the only daughter of the Holland family. My father was no longer just my father. Family dinners, vacations—they all went on in my absence. Excuses piled up. Reasons were given. I was sent away over and over again. For a time, I stayed with

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it held no real

I learned to read people clearly. Learned not to get attached.

into the Ford family, Corrine had already steeled herself