The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1735:

Bang! The gunshot cracked through the air, and the bullet tore clean through Barton’s wrist.

His fingers slackened instantly, the pistol slipping from his grip and thudding onto the ground.

Eyes bloodshot and wide with shock, Barton stared at Corrine, seated beside him.

She gripped a polished silver handgun, her expression unreadable—cool, detached, and hauntingly beautiful in her stillness.

What rattled Barton most wasn’t just her icy calm—it was her aim. Lethal.

Unerring. Beyond anything he’d ever achieved.

Blood seeped from his wrist, trailing down in slow, rhythmic drops.

Saul and Presley lunged forward, wrestling him to the dirt.

“Let go of me!” Barton bellowed, thrashing like a wounded beast, all but blind to the pain.

Nate observed him without emotion, his tone as frigid as ever. “Give up the brain behind all this, and I’ll try to get you a deal with the police.”

Barton sneered, lips twisting. “You? The great Nate Hopkins? You could get the police to storm my place with half the force, but you can’t sniff out who’s calling the shots?”

“You’re betting your life on protecting him. I wonder if, once the cops have you cornered, he’ll lift a finger for you.” Corrine’s voice sliced through the tension as she eyed Barton, now forced to kneel. “You’re surrounded. It’s over. Even your stronghold’s been reduced to rubble. If I were you, I’d talk for leniency. Otherwise, you’re finished.”

Barton clamped his mouth shut, wavering.

None of this had gone the way he expected. He never imagined the police would throw so much weight behind Nate—never thought they’d go all in.

Truth was, even with his base intact, he wouldn’t have stood a chance.

the beginning, this had

a helicopter

powerful gusts forced the dense jungle to sway, while a storm of

instinctively shielded their

noise, a faint gunshot rang

attention snapped toward Barton—a new bullet hole marked the

Nate’s face hardened. “Search!”

were more than two

but

hand to her temple, a small

a signal.

replied, watching as Nate

and Corrine boarded a helicopter,

Nate said, brushing a kiss across her forehead before

“And you?

gently around hers. “I’m staying right here with you.” With that, he lay back on the bed,

arms looping around his trim waist as she nestled closer, breathing in the clean, woody scent that lingered on him. The steady rhythm of his heartbeat soothed her, gradually

still held in her frame, Nate ran a gentle hand along her back.

he rose from the

he lit a stick

stood waiting. “Sir, the police commander in charge of this operation

nod, then addressed Mandy, who stood

Mandy replied quickly, snapping to

the rest

slight frown crossed her

path, speaking respectfully. “Miss Holland, he’s with the

and asked offhandedly,