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.

then, Jules reached the private room door and paused, catching the tail end of their conversation. A

stepped inside, casting a glance at Corrine, who was seated comfortably. “I walk in

him, entirely unfazed. “Not just the two of us. The whole Ford

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

arrived with tall glasses of ice water, which Jules regarded with mild distaste. “Could I

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courteous request—but it made Rachel’s heart

the meal, Corrine noticed Jules’ quiet attentiveness toward Rachel—the way his gaze lingered or subtly

be hopelessly dense—was now acting like a devoted

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

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

head-to-head with the