For some reason, Corinne felt embarrassed and stopped mid-stretch. She remembered how Jeremy sneak-attacked her with a kiss and kept kicking the blankets off."Heh. Not so good," she answered.'He probably has no idea the things he did last night because he was sleeping so soundly,' she scoffed.Jeremy narrowed his eyes. "Is that so? When I woke up this morning, I saw you smiling in your sleep. I thought you must be having a good dream."Corinne's face reddened. She grew shy as if he had read her mind.Frankly, she did have a nice dream in the later part of the night.Oddly enough, she managed to fall asleep quickly after she stopped Jeremy from kicking the blankets by sleeping on top of him.She dreamt of delicious food, cute little animals, and funny gag performances. It was an entirely different dream from the nightmare she had before. She was very happy in the second dream."Hey, Mister, did anyone tell you it's rude to stare at people when they're sleeping?""No."Corinn
Annie burst into laughter as she hugged her abdomen, her head raised in laughter. "Was I talking about you? I didn't mention anyone in particular. What makes you think I was talking about you?"Sunny's eyes widened in anger. "You…"Before they could start arguing, Corinne put a stop to it. "Alright. Keep quiet and eat your breakfast. Don't speak when you're eating, or you might choke yourself."Annie nodded obediently and listened to what Corinne said. Sunny, on the other hand, looked at Corinne and snorted proudly before he continued eating his omelet.Meanwhile, Rosie witnessed everything, and evil consumed her eyes. She had no idea what kind of tricks Corinne pulled to mesmerize Jeremy and control Annie, who had always been spoiled. Even Sunny was under her spell and listened to her.The situation was dangerous.Corinne looked pure and naive, but she was a far more powerful adversary than Rosie initially presumed.…The weather was good. The sky was cloudless, and the wind w
With that, Zeke and the others quickly rode their horses to where Rosie was to take a look.…Rosie sat on the grass. Since she wore short pants, her legs were full of scratches and blood.It was not long until the men arrived.Sunny was the first one to get down from the horse. He approached her and asked worriedly, "Rosie, what happened to you?"With tears in her eyes, Rosie whimpered, "Sunny… I fell when I was trying to put the kite up in the air. I think I sprained my leg. It hurts so badly…"Sunny squatted to help her and examined the bloody wounds on her legs. He furrowed his brow. "Why are you so careless?"Meanwhile, Annie watched what transpired and shot Rosie a look of disdain. "You were right, Corinne. She is up to something bad," she remarked. "Hmph! How hard can it be for her to get up after falling? Also, calling for help? What is she thinking of? Only an idiot like Sunny will believe her!"Corinne remained calm as she held the kite reel. "Come on, let's go and ta
Sunny nodded and helped Rosie, who was leaning on his shoulder crying, to get up on her feet.Rosie stopped crying and struggled to stand with Sunny's help, but her right leg was in pain, and she just could not stand. Her face turned from pale to green, and her forehead was beaded with sweat. This was not something she could pull off with an act.Sunny pitied Rosie, seeing her suffer so much pain."Rosie, you could've asked me to fly the kite with you if no one wanted to. Why do you have to act so tough?"Rosie endured the pain and said feebly, "Sunny, you're a boy. You won't like to play with a kite; it's too childish. Besides, I don't think it was going to be that hard, so I thought of trying it myself. Heh… I thought too highly of myself. I'm just too stupid."Sunny sighed compassionately and placed Rosie's arm on his shoulder. "Alright, Rosie, stop blaming yourself. I'll help you get up on the horse to get back to the resort so we can have the doctor examine your injury. It's
There was a moon motif in Jeremy's horse's name. Was that moon referring to the apple of his eye, Luna Rivera?Chasing the moon, and chasing the apple of his eye…Jeremy leaned forward to her ear and asked when he noticed Corinne was zoning out, "What's wrong?"Corinne regained her senses and stroked the horse's mane. "Nothing. This is a good horse.""You like to ride horses?""Yeah. It's not bad," Corinne replied.Suddenly, Jeremy placed his hand on her waist and whispered into her ear, "You didn't have fun this time. We can come here by ourselves in the future."Corinne was stunned. 'Is he confused or something? There are only two months left in the contract, and there won't be any 'us' afterward.'He then grabbed her waist as though checking the quality of a product. He then teased, "Why are you so thin when you always eat a lot?"Corinne was displeased to have heard this. "I don't care."Jeremy chuckled. "Eat more. It's nicer to touch if you're fleshier."Corinne blushed
Jeremy did not hesitate as he took the phone from Sunny. He turned and walked out of the room to talk on the phone.Corinne looked back and watched as he walked out. She raised her brow while thinking of something.Zeke, who had gone out to contact the hospital, came in and informed everyone, "Don't worry, the hospital is sending an ambulance over. Rosie will receive treatment soon."Sunny looked worried as he gazed at the unconscious Rosie. "Rosie, did you hear that? The ambulance is going to be here soon. It's going to be fine!"However, there was no reaction from Rosie.The doctor went over to check Rosie's condition and massaged her temple. Only then did she wake up with a grimace.Although she was awake, she looked weak and despairing as if she had lost her desire to live. "My leg is done for. Why are you guys trying to save me? Just let me die…""Rosie, don't think like that," consoled Sunny. "You're my sister's best friend! She's going to be sad seeing you like this."Ro
'Is he still talking on the phone with the apple of his eye?' Corinne knew who Jeremy had received instructions from, since there could not have been anyone else aside from Anya. Postponing the divestment from the Suttons for further observation was undoubtedly done out of courtesy toward her.It made sense and should not come as a surprise.Corinne thought for a moment and said to Tommy, "I'll go with you, but could you wait a moment for me, please?"'Wait? For what?' Tommy looked puzzled. "May I ask how long and what for, ma'am?"Corinne had a calm look on her face as she replied, "Until I settle things with Rosie."Tommy was even more puzzled. He frowned and had a bad feeling, but as soon as he was about to ask in more detail, Corinne walked toward Rosie who was half-lying on the bed in an injured state.As soon as Corinne approached them, Sunny stood up defensively in front of Rosie to stop her from going any nearer. He asked her, "What are you trying to do to Rosie?"Corinn
Corinne looked at Rosie's injured foot and said, "In my opinion, her foot injury isn't a torn ligament but a sprain that resulted in a misaligned bone. I happen to know a bit of bone-setting techniques that would avoid the need for surgery. Would you like to try restoring your foot to its original state without going under the knife?"Rosie sobbed and looked at Corinne. "Not a torn ligament? Stop talking nonsense, Corinne! Do you think the doctor's diagnosis is wrong? Do you honestly expect me to believe the words of a layman rather than a doctor? This is ridiculous!"Corinne did not explain much and took a few steps toward the end of the bed to reach out and touch Rosie's injured ankle. Rosie immediately moved her leg away to prevent Corinne from touching her, and that movement was painful enough that she was sweating from the agony. She warned weakly, "Don't touch me! Come and stop her, Sunny!"Sunny snapped back to her senses and immediately came over to stop her. "Rosie's alread