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.

catching the tail end of their conversation. A dry thought

his expression and stepped inside, casting a glance at Corrine, who was seated comfortably. “I walk in and the first thing I hear is you two plotting to kick me

at him, entirely unfazed. “Not just the two of us.

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

water, which Jules regarded with mild distaste. “Could I get one

the latest

was a simple, courteous request—but it made Rachel’s

noticed Jules’ quiet attentiveness toward Rachel—the way his gaze lingered or subtly followed her movements. An

who used to be hopelessly

you’re planning to head to Pinetree City soon?” Jules asked, turning his attention

acquisition is at a turning point. I’ve pulled back temporarily from the Osawood project to give them a bit

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