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
Sunny walked over, picked up the black furry lump on the bed, and realized that it was a rather disgusting-looking fake mouse. "It's fine, Rosie! This is fake."'What kind of sick hobbies does Corinne have? I can't believe she carries this sort of thing with her, and she still has the mood to play pranks at such a time! Why would she use that to scare Rosie when Rosie's foot had gotten numb? Wait a minute... Did Rosie just jump out of bed?!' Sunny snapped back to his senses and looked at Rosie in shock. "Rosie! Your foot… Is it alright now?"Rosie's expression froze, and her mind went blank too. That was when she finally realized that she was standing perfectly fine without any help, and she even jumped up seemingly painlessly earlier!'D*mn it! I jumped off the bed too swiftly because of that fake mouse, and there's no way I can keep the charade up anymore!'The embarrassment and guilty conscience on Rosie's face disappeared, and she immediately feigned a look of pleasant surprise
At that moment, Zeke walked over with a smile, looking at the two of them and saying, "What are you two girls whispering about while you're hugging?"Only then did Rosie let go of Corinne, turned her face, and smiled gently at Zeke."Zeke, I was thanking Corinne for curing my foot, but I was so excited that I couldn't express it, so I just hugged her and didn't want to let go!"As she said this, Rosie looked at Corinne, pretending to be apologetic as she asked hypocritically, "Corinne, I didn't scare you, did I?""No."Corinne's expression was calm, and she raised her hand to pat the folds on her shoulders when Rosie hugged her as if a fly landed on her shoulders.Zeke also looked at Corinne and said with a smile, "I didn't expect my new kin to be so slick at such a young age. Who did you learn your neat skill from?"When Rosie heard how Zeke addressed Corinne so affectionately and even praised her, she felt very upset and gritted her teeth secretly.Without waiting for Corinne
Did Zeke…actually mentioned spanking?!Corinne frowned in disgust and pulled the corners of her mouth. "... Lame!"At this moment, Rosie had finished her call with the doctor and turned to see Zeke and Corinne standing together, talking and laughing. They looked harmonious and genial, like old friends who had known each other for many years.This intensified her rejection of Corinne in her heart, and her gaze hardened.Although Zeke was usually talkative and playful, he was not as casual with just anyone. In fact, Zeke disliked joking with most of those he deemed insignificant, instead opting for a vicious mouth and concise words.For Corinne to have made Zeke joke with her so enthusiastically…showed that Zeke truly regarded her like kin, a sister.This was not right!If Zeke regarded Corinne as a sister, who was Anya to him?Rosie's mind raced as she plotted ways to manipulate Corinne and make everyone hate her when all of a sudden, light knocks were heard on the door of the s
The stupefied Rosie stared at Corinne with a bit of contempt in her eyes. "So it was you, Corinne! Are you doing this because you'll be here for three days in the next month and want to invite everyone over again?"Corinne nodded. "That's right. It's my treat."Rosie laughed sarcastically. "That doesn't make sense, now does it? Why would you ask me to pay for what you're supposed to be 'treating'? That's odd."Corinne remained calm and was undeterred."Miss Rosie, did you forget something? You promised yesterday that as long as I can prove that I didn't put that ear stud in your shoe, you'd pay for all the expenses for everyone that day. What's wrong? Is Miss Rosie not willing to pay the bill now? Don't you want to fulfill what you promised?""Uh..." Rosie was flabbergasted by this.She forgot about that!However, when she promised to pay the bill, she estimated that the consumption of their group would be within a thousand dollars at most.All of a sudden, it raked up to 1800