The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1721:

Corrine gave a quiet nod, but a thought rose unbidden—Evelyn’s words echoed in her memory. She asked, “Evelyn said she would translate the ancient script on the hairpin for me. Any news?”

Corrine had planned to collect the hairpin herself from Fragrance Garden, but Evelyn had departed suddenly.

Since Nate was going back to the Independent Continent anyway, he could retrieve it for her.

He absentmindedly wound a lock of her hair around his finger, playing with it.

“I’ll ask my grandma once I get there,” he promised.

“Alright.”

The next morning, Corrine accompanied Nate to the airport. They sat together in the car longer than necessary, reluctant to let the moment end. Finally, she watched him step out and disappear into the terminal, swallowed by the flow of passengers.

was gone, she told Mandy to drive her

there, her phone buzzed. Jules’ name flashed on the screen. “How

said coolly, her tone clipped. Her gaze sharpened, a glint of cold resolve surfacing in her eyes. “Has the

flicked the ash

replied,

Jules offered a condensed version

𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑳𝑬: 𝒈⋅𝒂𝒍⋅𝒏⋅𝒐𝒗⋅𝒆𝒍⋅𝒔⋅𝒄𝒐⋅𝒎

up their business in Pinetree City?” Her brow lifted slightly. She stared out the window at the scenery streaming past, her voice light, almost detached. “I expected more

I heard. Fabian is a hothead, always charging straight

to be over so cleanly. “If they want peace, I will not stand in their way. But their properties

tone dropped an octave. There was steel beneath her calm. “I will not let

hold off on expanding the business to Pinetree