The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1696:

Still, she wasn’t ready to surrender to it. Not yet.

“No matter when,” Leif said softly, brushing a hand gently through her hair, “that place will always be your second home. If you don’t want to stay a bit longer here, then go back to Lyhaton when you’ve finished what you came for. I can always come to you.”

Corrine nodded. “Alright.”

She wasn’t hurrying off because of Nate’s urging—her mind was fixed on the ongoing acquisition of Holland Group. Loose ends still dangled, and she couldn’t breathe easy until she’d tied them up herself.

She scattered the fish food across the glistening lake, then straightened and turned to leave.

Leif remained rooted in place, his eyes following her silhouette as it drifted away.

ear. “Mr. Mendoza, the person we were watching for hasn’t shown.” Leif’s brow

man would

subtly shifted toward the rockery. Leif followed his

narrowed, cold and

out into plain sight, lifting a hand in greeting, as

the other swinging easily at

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hesitated for a beat, then withdrew without

you keep hiding, the Mendoza family will vanish in everything but name.” A house without an heir was a house waiting

asked nonchalantly, “How far

just Nate’s girlfriend—she was practically his fiancée. And here Leif was, brazenly coveting her like she was

weight. He let them hang in the air like