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“Why must you pry into everyone’s affairs? Aren’t you beyond the age for such juvenile gossip?” Corrine shot him a re.

Jules found himself momentarily robbed of response.

He stared after her retreating form before springing into motion and falling into step beside her. “Why such venom at this early hour? Did you two quarrel?” Corrine’s telling silence confirmed his suspicion immediately.

“You actually fought with him?” he probed, his voice softening with genuine concern.

Corrine marched forward, her silence hardening into a wall between them.

With gentle determination, Jules captured her wrist. “Enough stoicism. Talk to me.”

Without waiting for her protest, he guided Corrine toward the spacious terrace adjoining the balcony.

Rachel emerged from her chamber just in time to witness Jules escorting Corrine away with conspiratorial haste.

The pair’s secretive actions so early raised questions in her mind—had something significant transpired?

While she contemted this, a passing servant followed her questioning gaze and said, “Ever since Miss Hond returned to the Ford household, Mr. Ford has showered her with affection, reserving only the finest for her. You’ll grow ustomed to it, Mrs. Ford.”

At this formal address, a delicate blush bloomed across Rachel’s cheeks, prompting her to lower her gaze in an attempt to conceal her lingering bashfulness.

Their wedding date now fixed on the calendar, Carl hadmanded all servants to address Rachel formally as Mrs. Ford.

The servant bowed slightly. “Mrs. Ford, breakfast awaits your presence downstairs.”

Rachel acknowledged this with a gentle nod before turning away.

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On the terrace, Corrine was recounting the harrowing details of her kidnapping to Jules.

His expression darkened like gathering thunderclouds. His hands curled into tight fists within his pockets as his jaw clenched with barely contained fury. “Corrine, have you lost your mind? Something this catastrophic happens and you keep the familypletely in the dark!”

“Yet here I stand, perfectly unharmed,” Corrine replied with deliberate casualness.

Jules’ voice dropped to a dangerous chill. “And if fate hadn’t been so generous? What then?”

Corrine knew she was in the wrong and had no words to counter.

Jules took a deep breath, struggling to contain his anger, yet the peril she had facedpelled him to rebuke her.

“You knew you were drugged and weak, yet you recklessly chose to take risks instead of using your wits! What were you thinking?” Jules eximed. “Thankfully, Nate arrived just in time, or you wouldn’t be standing here right now!”

Corrine had reflected on the night’s events multiple times after her return. She admitted her actions had been somewhat rash, putting herself in danger. However, it had been a dire situation.

With the cross-border crime syndicate on one side and Aliza on the other, she had to choose between two evils.

Even if Corrine had managed to escape, Aliza wouldn’t have given up easily once her n failed.

She would have marshaled her forces to recapture Corrine, leaving her utterly defenseless if caught.

Thus, Corrine’s only viable strategy was to gamble everything. She chose to infiltrate the enemy’s stronghold and ced herself directly in harm’s way. By convincing Aliza that she had been sessfully sent onto the ship, Corrine aimed to deter any further nefarious schemes.

However, she had underestimated the strength of the drug Aliza had administered. It significantly impaired her physical capabilities and endurance. Fortunately, Nate’s timely arrival had averted disaster.

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