The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1714:

“Just a minor injury,” Corrine replied nonchalantly.

The ambush had indeed come faster than she’d expected. She’d assumed the Garcia family would wait until she set foot in Pinetree City, not anticipating they’d be bold enough to strike in Lyhaton.

“Did you catch them?” Zeke’s tone was deceptively calm, but beneath the surface, it carried an unmistakable chill. “Keep them alive. We’ll make an example of them—for the Garcias and anyone else plotting.”

Corrine understood it well. “The perpetrator’s been detained. We should have answers soon.”

“Good,” Zeke replied. “I’ll reach out the moment anything new surfaces on my end.”

“Alright.”

to Pinetree

“I understand.”

rang… and rang—no answer. She didn’t need to guess. She already knew what Nate was busy

was far from

the blood-smeared man crumpled on

man glared up at him, eyes full of hate, but remained

move. He simply looked over at Saul,

signal, Saul stepped forward and pressed his boot against the man’s head with slow, deliberate

starts

flinch. Didn’t blink. As if he hadn’t heard

slightly, the barest trace of a smile ghosting across his face, but his volatile eyes swirled with stormy menace. “I wonder if your family is just as

His voice, taut with desperation, cracked