Thus, Rosie smiled gently and said nicely, "I am truly sorry, Corinne. It's a misunderstanding. Why didn't you tell us earlier that you're allergic to silver? If you'd said it earlier, this wouldn't happen."Corinne raised her brow and replied, "Miss Rosie, do you know you nearly made me a criminal just because you misunderstood me? Are you trying to blame me for not proving my innocence earlier?"Rosie smiled sheepishly. "Uhh… Corinne, that's not what I mean…"Corinne chuckled. "Miss Rosie, I don't care what you're trying to say. Just don't forget that you're paying for all of our expenses today."Despite the bitterness she felt, Rosie could only nod 'understandingly'. "Yes. Don't worry, Corinne. It's my fault. I'm willing to accept the punishment. Everything is on me today. Think of it as my compensation to you."Just as Corinne wanted to say something, someone pulled her.Jeremy's face appeared right in front of her and gave her a fright.He leaned over to examine her ear and
For the next couple of minutes, Sunny told Rosie how Corinne saved him at Lunar Century Manor. Still, Rosie could not understand Sunny's new sentiment toward Corinne."So you're saying you're betraying me because Corinne won a game for you?"Sunny shook his head. "Of course I won't betray you. I just think Corinne isn't a bad person after all…""Sunny, you've disappointed me." Rosie stood up and limped her way out of the room.Sunny furrowed his eyebrows and remained rooted, his mind torn by the conflicted thoughts about the situation.…Under the parasol.Corinne was forced to sit on Jeremy's lap while he applied antiallergic cream to her skin. Meanwhile, the anxious-looking doctor stood by, his body slightly slouching with a bottle of medicine in his hand.Jeremy's slender, calloused fingers were holding a medical cotton swab. He dipped into the antiallergic cream and applied it on Corinne's purplish earlobe. After that, he grabbed her hand and applied the cream to the rashes
Annie giggled and nodded. "Yes, I've eaten. You don't have to worry about me!"Jeremy narrowed his eyes in displeasure. "Then why are you still here?"Annie was dumbstruck before a chuckle escaped her. "Oh, I get it! I'm going to stay out of the way and not be a third-wheeler. Bye! I'm going to go see if my little pony has grown!"Once Annie ran off, a spoonful of soup was brought to Corinne's lips. She looked down at the soup, then back at Jeremy with a frown. "Mister, do we need to act like a loving couple in front of Annie?"She thought he was acting?Jeremy's eyes turned cold, and the gentleness that rarely appeared in his eyes froze. "Just drink your soup."Corinne was baffled. Nonetheless, she parted her lips and drank the soup while internally whining, 'He's such a moody man!'As she was drinking the soup, she heard Jeremy call her name sternly, "Corinne.""Yeah?" Corinne looked at him, waiting for him to say what was on his mind.Jeremy gazed into her eyes solemnly. Af
Corinne was startled by Sunny's behavior, but she folded her arms and looked at Sunny contemptuously. "What's the meaning of this, Mister Sunny? What do you think you're trying to do?"Sunny blushed as he tried to muster the courage to say something that seemed to be difficult. Having a youthful spirit and a determined expression, he finally got with it. "Corinne, I'll be pursuing you!"That did not startle Corinne as she remained calm. In a bored manner, she examined him from top to bottom as she raised her eyebrows. "Are you an adult?"Sunny raised his chin proudly. "I'm going to be eighteen years old in six months!"Corinne yawned lazily. "Come find me only when you're an adult."She then turned to leave. Obviously, this topic was not interesting enough for her to continue.However, Sunny used his arms to stop her from leaving. With a stern expression, he said solemnly, "Corinne, please leave Jeremy alone, and give him back to my sister. You can be with me if you like rich guy
Alas, Jeremy spotted Corinne from afar, and she would have a difficult time explaining herself to him if she did not go to him.Corinne sighed and walked toward him nonetheless. "Mister, I'm back."Jeremy had a cup of coffee in his hand, and he brought it to his lips and took a sip. "What did you guys talk about?"Corinne shook her head in a bored manner. "Nothing, just trivial things. Nothing worth mentioning."Jeremy furrowed his eyebrows. It struck him to find out Corinne was just entertaining him when she said she was going to tell him everything when she returned to him.Zeke smiled and patted the chair next to him, saying, "Corinne, come sit and chat with us!"Corinne glanced at Zeke and was reluctant to chat with him. She knew he was going to make fun of her.At that moment, Annie ran over and said, "Corinne! Corinne! Come. I'm going to bring you to pick a horse, and we'll have a little race when it's not as hot. It's going to be very hot during the afternoon!"Corinne l
Hearing the voice, Corinne looked back and spotted Rosie looking at her from afar with a brown horse.Corinne's eyebrows furrowed. "Is your foot all good now?"Annie had gone to another horse pen to get her horse, so no one else was around. Thus, Rosie did not have to pretend to be nice to Corinne. Instead, she was hostile."Of course not, but that little injury isn't going to affect me riding!"When it happened, Rosie had screamed so loudly that others thought her leg was badly damaged because of the little ear stud, yet she could stand so steadily with the horse. It was obvious that she was pretending in the changing room.Corinne smiled. "That's good, then."She did not want to talk to Rosie or look at her, so she walked toward the horse she picked.Despite that, Rosie did not let her go easily and said sarcastically, "You better stay away from the horse. Even if you can bring it out, you're not going to be able to ride it."That made Corinne pause. She could tell Rosie did
Corinne lowered her eyebrows and sighed in irritation. "You might not believe me if I say this, but I'm not interested in Jeremy at all! I don't even want to be Missus Holden! You're only wasting your time and effort if you try to pull these little shenanigans with me!"Rosie was taken aback and looked at her with a bit of doubt. "You're not interested, you say? Then would you dare to swear that nothing ever happened between yourself and Jeremy, or that you don't have any feelings for him at all?"Corinne was silent. Making that promise was something she could not do because something did happen between herself and Jeremy—something…she could not bring herself to think about!However, the circumstances that led to that event were completely beyond her control, and other people would never understand why it was so. Even if she did explain the situation, no one would believe that her mindset then was simply focused on helping him since it was in her capacity to do so. In consideration
Annie frowned. "But..."Corinne was already leading the horse out. "Let's go. I'm about to give it a try."Annie's worry remained rooted. "Do you want to rethink your decision, Corinne? This horse is really difficult!"Corinne smiled. "No thanks. I just know that this horse clicks with me.""Okay. You must be careful when you ride it later, though!""Of course," Corinne assured.Rosie led the horse and followed the two of them as she stared at Corinne's rear figure with disdain. 'Clicks with you, huh? You're going to be thrown off its back later, you overconfident country girl!'In reality, Rosie's feet did not hurt at all, and she was merely pretending to limp just to synchronize with the charade she put on earlier....Sunny rode a chestnut-colored horse over to look for them. As soon as he saw the white horse that Corinne was holding, he was startled at first and frowned right away."You brought Moonshine out?"'Moonshine? Why would such a handsome horse have such an ador