NovelTrueChapter 1581
Chapter 1581:
Carl's eyes stayed on the ornate boxes being carried across the room, his thoughts clearly elsewhere. Since
returning from the restaurant, something had been weighing on him. Corrine couldn't quite place it, so she called
again, her voice calm, “Grandpa?”
Snapped from his reverie, Carl blinked. “What?”
“I made you scoffee.” She nudged the cup toward him.
He accepted it without much attention, sipping slowly. Then he glanced at her. “Corrine, how do you really feel
about being engaged to Nate?”
Without hesitation, she reached for an orange, her slim fingers moving carefully as she peeled it, section by
section. “If | had a problem with it, | wouldn't have agreed in the first place.” That was undeniably true.
still, even with the engagement party behind them and the gifts received, Carl couldn't shake the gnawing
thought of calling the whole thing off. Especially after hearing Evelyn's thoughts, the urge had only grown
stronger. Just then, Leland approached with a document in hand. “Miss Holland, here's the list of engagement
gifts received today. Please review it.”
Corrine set the fruit aside and took the paper, scanning through it quickly.
“Except the hairpin, keep everything else in the storage room.”
“Understood,” Leland replied before turning to relay the instruction to the staff.
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“If you don’t needfor anything else, Grandpa, I'll head to my room now.”
“Go ahead.”
Carl watched her leave, the box containing the hairpin nestled in her hands. A weary sigh escaped him.
“Mr. Jules Ford is back,” a servant announced from the doorway.
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Carl glanced up just in tto see Jules wave in greeting and bolt up the stairs toward Corrine’s room.
“You little rascal! Always barging into your cousin's room. Haven't you learned any manners?” Carl slammed his
cane against the floor.
Jules didn’t flinch. “I always knock first.”
With that, he gave a perfunctory knock and pushed the door open before Corrine could respond.
Carl stared after him, flabbergasted. That knock had been nothing but a formality.
In the solitude of the room, Corrine
sat at the desk, donning white gloves
as she gingerly extr, ted thehaitpin
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lamp, its focused beam casting a
glow over the polished metal as she
studied its fine details. Behind her,
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“Here, the item you requested.” Approaching the desk nonchalantly, Jules tossed a wooden box onto it.
Captivated by the hairpin, Corrine
didn't look up immediately,
prompting Jules to lean forward for a
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had been tasked during the meal to
retrieve the other hairpin from her
apartment. Despite examining it
during his journey back, nothing had
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“Did you notice the tiara | secured in
the safe?” Setting the hairpin aside.
Corrine moved fetdioes and
moved fe herself a glass of
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