The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life

Chapter 1738:

“Can you be serious for once?” Leif sighed, clearly exasperated. “I’m not joking.”

“I know,” Corrine said before hanging up.

Leif stared at his phone for a long moment, brows furrowed.

Then, with a sinking feeling, he dialed Lone Ranger. “Has Corrine ever asked you to look into the Powell family?” he asked directly.

“The Powell family from the Independent Continent?” Lone Ranger asked cautiously.

“Yes!” Leif exclaimed. He knew Corrine too well. She never asked too many questions unless something—or someone—was involved. “Tell me the truth. Has something already happened between them?”

realizing he couldn’t hide it any longer, Lone Ranger confessed how the Powell family heir, operating under

Leif heard the full story,

Corrine had been

she considered someone under her protection, she

quiet stop by the window, her eyes drifting into the expanse of the night sky. Her thoughts wandered

door interrupted her reverie. She turned slightly, just enough to catch a familiar silhouette out of the corner of her eye. The hard

with work?”

𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺

small nod, stepping behind her in that unhurried way of his. His arm slid around her waist with effortless ease, drawing her close. “What were you thinking about just now?”

His breath fanned her skin—warm, subtle, electrifying. A shiver

heading back to Lyhaton?” she asked, her voice barely

quiet affection. His eyes, dark and steady, lingered on her face as if memorizing every line.