?Chapter 545:


    “We haven’t seen each other in years, and you don’t know the new me. Let me be clear—you can’t afford to incur my wrath.”


    rissa looked unfazed as she nced at Nate, who stood nearby.


    “Is it because of him?” she asked, annoyance creeping into her voice.


    Over time, through conversations with Leah, rissa had tried to uncover the true nature of this mysterious man. Though Leah admitted her knowledge was limited, rissa’s intuition told her he was the reason for Corrine’s newfound confidence. Without him, Corrine would crumble.


    In the past, rissa had effortlessly taken things from Corrine. This time, she was confident it would be no different.


    A flicker of irritation crossed Corrine’s face upon noticing rissa’s pointed look toward Nate.


    “You want to take something from me again?” she challenged, her eyes hardening.


    Leah raised an eyebrow at Corrine’s choice of words. Corrine’s casual use of “again” was a calcted dig. Leah then looked at rissa with renewed scrutiny.


    “What are you talking about?” rissa responded, her smile morphing into a disarming expression.


    “If I earn something on my own, how can that be stealing? Besides, what truly belongs to you can never be taken away, right? If someone can snatch it from your hands, was it ever really yours?”


    Corrine gave rissa a long, measured look before letting out a soft, mockingugh.


    “Go ahead and try,” she taunted.


    “See if you can take it from me this time.”


    With that, Corrine turned on her heel to stride away. As she turned, her eyes briefly met Leah’s, and her stride faltered for a moment.


    “By the way, invading someone’s privacy and malicious nder aren’t trivial offenses. You two should decide who’s best equipped to take the fall,” Corrine remarked.


    “Are you insane?” rissa eximed, her eyes wide with disbelief.


    “Are you really going to sue me because of an outsider?”


    Leah clenched her fists, her gaze searing into Corrine.


    “No matter what, she’s still your sister,” she said.


    “Are you sure you want to go through with this?”


    “You know my tactics,” Corrine said, facing Leah with an expression as icy as stone.


    “If you fall into my hands, you follow my rules.” The Hond family meant nothing to Corrine now.


    The woman who once found refuge in the Hond family had vanished on that bitter winter night. Today, she stood as the formidable heiress of the Ford family in Lyhaton.


    At the Hond family residence, Dewey’s face turned livid upon learning of the whole story.


    “Did Corrine really say that?” he asked.


    rissa nodded.


    “Dad, what are we going to do now? Is Corrine really going to have me arrested?” she asked worriedly.


    “I can’t end up in jail. Maybe we should apologize?”


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