The Jilted Heiress' Return to the High Life - Chapter 436

Chapter 436:

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“You might want to have your eyes tested!” With that, Corrine strode off with her bag in hand.

Bruce hurried after her, calling out, “Corrine!”

He reached out in a rush, grabbing her wrist, but she recoiled sharply.

“Keep your filthy hands to yourself!”

As she turned, her hair swished, exposing her neck. The sight of love bites on her skin sent Bruce into a rage.

He seized her wrist again, his voice thick with accusation.

“Who were you with last night? Explain these marks!”

His tone sounded like that of a jealous husband discovering a betrayal.

Corrine’s eyebrow arched slightly, her gaze tinged with a hint of sarcasm.

“We’re both grown-ups, Bruce. Why are you acting like a clueless kid?”

Bruce glared at her, his anger mounting irrationally.

In his thoughts, he had moved past Corrine, yet she remained a part of his history. To Bruce, once he claimed something as his own, it remained off-limits to others, even if he had discarded it.

“Corrine, I know you’re bitter because I left, but I’ve said it before—you can ask for anything as compensation, but not my affection. I never thought you’d stoop this low.”

The anger was evident on Bruce’s face.

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“Do you really think antics like these will weigh on my conscience? Listen, Corrine, whatever you have going on with this guy, it ends now.”

“Deciding who I’m with is my choice, and it’s certainly not your concern!” Corrine’s eyes pierced him sharply, her voice ringing with icy clarity.

“I once thought I loved you, but I realized I just needed someone to rely on. How could you assume I’d lower myself because I despise you?”

“Someone to rely on…” Bruce was shocked. Her previous feelings for him were merely about seeking someone to rely on?

Yet, it was Corrine who had desperately held onto him, and who had coerced him into marriage.

What Bruce found unbearable was the realization that, in all these years, he never truly had Corrine. How then could she let another man be intimate with her?

Bruce’s temper flared as he exclaimed, “Corrine, I was blind! I never imagined you could be so heartless! While with me, you opposed premarital sex, but you rushed into another’s arms the moment we ended. You’re just like a harlot!”

A swift slap then struck Bruce’s cheek, the impact echoing with force.

Leah exclaimed in shock, hurrying to Bruce’s side.

“Bruce, are you alright?”

Regaining his composure, Bruce fixed a dark, menacing look on Corrine. She faced him with a cold demeanor, her clear eyes shimmering with a chilling edge.

“I’d rather be with another man than with you because I never loved you. All that distance, all those walls—it wasn’t strength. It was just indifference. Maybe helping the Ashton family was just my way of tricking myself into believing I had feelings for you. But the heart doesn’t lie. We only cling to our principles when it comes to those we don’t love, right?”

With a cold smirk, Corrine gave Bruce and Leah one last look before turning and walking away.

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