The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1726:

An hour later, Corrine pulled up at East Harbor Pier.

In the distance, she spotted Jonathan waiting at the water’s edge.

He seemed to feel her eyes on him. He looked up, studying her closely. When his gaze landed on the swelling at her forehead, a frown tugged at his brow. “What are you standing around for? Let’s go.”

“We’re going by boat?” Corrine asked.

“What else? You think I’ve got some teleportation device?” he shot back.

Corrine blinked, caught off guard.

He looked refined, almost striking enough that she momentarily forgot—despite his polished appearance, he never passed up a chance to argue with her.

ship, Corrine settled onto a sofa, her attention focused on

last messages exchanged with Nate the night before. After that, her attempts to reach him seemed to vanish into a void,

silence left her deeply concerned about what he might be facing now. Worry creased

going to die,”

catching sight of him absentmindedly turning a ring around his finger. He spoke with such certainty that it almost sounded rehearsed. “If he

seem quite familiar with the Independent Continent,” Corrine remarked, her eyes intensely studying him, searching his

gaze. His lips curved slightly, a flicker of mischief tugging at the corner of his mouth. “If you understand your opponent as well as yourself, then victory isn’t hard to

𝗢𝗻𝗅𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗀𝖺𝗅𝖓𝗈𝗏𝗲𝗅𝗌⍿ⅽ𝗈𝗆

it honestly

her lips together thoughtfully but chose to keep her thoughts to herself. She glanced at her phone again, hoping for a message from

him, hoping to use the Red Flame’s sophisticated tracking technology

cutting-edge tracking capabilities. Even if pinpointing an exact location was not possible, it should at least be able to identify the signal’s origin. But there had