The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1709:

To be fair, Corrine didn’t place much weight on such things.

She’d grown up receiving grand gestures—luxuries wrapped in velvet and diamonds handed to her like candy. Her grandfather and her uncles, with bottomless pockets, had made sure of that.

On her eighteenth birthday, her grandfather had given her a diamond tiara so lavish it belonged in a museum.

So this house? It didn’t seem particularly extravagant to her.

“Rachel, this is my wedding gift to you,” she said. “Just accept it without overthinking. If you’re ready, move in soon. And if Jules ever gives you a hard time… kick him out.”

Rachel let out a startled laugh, the kind that bubbled up before she could suppress it. Corrine’s logic was so wildly unorthodox that it was hard not to be charmed.

private room door and paused, catching the tail end of their conversation. A dry thought crossed

was seated comfortably. “I walk in and the first thing I hear is you two plotting to kick me out. That was

entirely unfazed. “Not just the two of us.

“Most people say a man forgets his family after getting married. In my case, it feels like my

glasses of ice water, which Jules regarded with

the latest updates

made Rachel’s

lingered or subtly followed her movements. An amused

man who used to be hopelessly dense—was now acting like a devoted

planning to head to Pinetree City soon?” Jules asked, turning

nodded. “The Holland Group acquisition is at a turning point. I’ve pulled back temporarily from the Osawood project to give them a bit of a breather.” In business, it was dangerous to force an opponent

well, which was why she hadn’t gone head-to-head with the major families of Pinetree City during the