The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1685:

Corrine worked straight through until noon before finally leaving the office and heading toward the Ford family residence.

Midway through the drive, her phone buzzed. Nate’s voice came through the receiver, edged with concern. “Are you really going to Nelting?”

“Yes,” she answered plainly, then added with quiet finality, “I’ll come back once the party’s over.”

A brief silence followed before he asked again, this time more gently, “Do you really have to?”

“I do,” Corrine replied.

It wasn’t pressure from her family that compelled her—she was going of her own accord.

The Astley family had never accepted Rachel and Jules’ relationship. They hadn’t voiced their disapproval outright, but Rachel’s grandparents’ absence from the wedding spoke volumes.

Rachel had once said she was willing to sever all ties for the sake of this marriage, which meant her grandparents likely still bore a heavy grudge.

That thought gave Corrine pause. For the first time, it dawned on her that this so-called celebration in Nelting might unfold with far more tension than she’d expected.

silence, Nate’s voice returned, cool and deep as ever. “If

wanted to protect her, that much was clear—but Franco had the reach and authority to intervene

“I will,” Corrine murmured.

ended, the car picked up

into the main building

meticulously reviewing the gift

sight of Jules lounging on the balcony, a cigarette between his fingers. “You’re going to visit your in-laws, and yet your mother is doing all the preparations.

“She’s overjoyed to have Rachel as her daughter-in-law. She wants to make sure everything

following his gaze to where Rachel and Chelsea were engrossed in their preparations. “What,

away. He took another drag, exhaled, and then chuckled softly, as if recalling a private joke. “She’s silly

head. “What

the ownership of the house you gave us

you. Why would I be upset?

passing through his eyes.

smiled knowingly. “I suppose we’ll

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