After the 'kiss' was over, Corinne pushed Jeremy away at once.She gladly took the painting from Tommy and walked away with her arms held around it. After about two steps, she turned back to give him a wink, even complimenting him, "Thanks, mister! You're super handsome today!"Jeremy's expression was sullen and vague as he pursed his thin lips. 'Did that little snob call me handsome only after I gave her a gift?'Tommy watched Corinne walk cheerfully into the courtyard and unconsciously beamed. "Sir, she's actually...rather cute!"Jeremy shot Tommy a cold look. "Still staring at her, are you?"Tommy looked away in fright. "Ahem! So where are we going next, sir?""The company.""Got it!"-The next day, Corinne received a call from Annie just as she was eating the sumptuous lunch Pamela made for her."Aunt Corinne!"Corinne did not have Annie's number saved, but she recognized Annie's voice and asked, "Why do you have my phone number?""I got it from my uncle!"Corinne was
When Corinne looked up in the direction that Annie was pointing, she spotted Jeremy passing through a glass corridor on the second floor. Beside him was a tall, beautiful, curly-haired woman with a slender waist and long legs.Corinne looked away. Her expression was calm, and so was her tone as she said, "Ignore him."Annie was puzzled. "You're going to ignore that your husband is meeting another woman in private?"Corinne sipped the juice through her straw and indifferently replied, "Yep."Annie had just experienced the scumbag treatment firsthand not long ago, and with the alcohol going into her, she could not bear to see something like that happen again!"No! If you're afraid of being controlling, I'll catch him cheating for you! Hmph! I'm so disappointed in him! He's already married, but he's still out there seeing other women!" Annie raised her fist angrily and went upstairs in a rage.Corinne failed to stop her and could only facepalm. Since Jeremy was probably not going to
A clear, deep, and masculine voice seemingly rang out through the bar's loud beats and reached Corinne's ears.Corinne had just closed her eyes when she heard the person talking to her.The disturbance made her frown unhappily. When she opened her eyes, she saw a rather handsome man with a pleasant smile standing under the glow of the lights.Dressed in black trousers, a white shirt, and no tie, she wondered if he deliberately unbuttoned two of his shirt buttons just to expose a bit of his collarbone.There was a certain elegance in his uninhibitedness that culminated in a mesmerizing charm.Her silence led the man to smile a little more as he asked softly, "Are you alone?"Corinne replied lazily, "Nope."The man then responded with a graceful smile. "Do you mind if I sit here?"He might be handsome, but Corinne did not bother to show him any courtesy. "As a matter of fact, I do."The man froze for a moment as if shocked that a girl would reject him. Nevertheless, he quickly r
The second floor of Twilight hosted high-end sound-proofed private VIP rooms from the noisy bar downstairs. The two floors were practically worlds apart.Corinne's call to Annie went unanswered, and she did not know which room Annie was in.The bar's general manager saw Corinne and came forward respectfully. "Miss Corinne, are you looking for Mister Aaron?"Corinne shook her head and asked, "Did you see which room Annie Levine went to?"The manager said, "I did not. We haven't received anyone from the Levines today."Annie probably did not go through the normal registration process because she sneaked up to follow Jeremy.Corinne thought for a while and asked, "Which room is Jeremy in, then?"The manager answered truthfully, "He's in the Snow Room."The Snow Room was the largest and most luxurious VIP room in Twilight, reserved only for the most elite of guests.Just as she was about to go to the Snow Room to see if Annie was there, Sherlyn's rowdy voice came from behind. "I'm
Even though it was described as a private VIP room, the interior was more like that of an entire floor due to how spacious it was.The lights were dim, and there was a live band playing some music.Everyone was dressed to the nines, and they were all having a good time, with groups of three to five clinking glasses with each other as they chatted and laughed.Corinne glanced across the crowd in search of Annie's figure.All of a sudden, the pink-haired young woman came running toward her. "Hey there, Au—"Corinne stretched out a finger and pressed it on Annie's lips and stopped her from uttering the word 'aunt'. "Call me by name when you're outside!"Annie curled her lip. "Oh, okay! Corinne..."Corinne frowned slightly and examined Annie's body to see if there were any injuries. "What's wrong? Why'd you call me to come up and save you?"Annie hugged Corinne's arm anxiously, turned around, and pointed behind. "It's them! They bullied me!"Corinne glanced over and saw three well
The man smiled at Corinne and handed her a dice cup. "I wouldn't want you to accuse me of bullying you, so we'll play a game that's not too complicated. We'll just roll the dice, and the one with the highest score wins that round. If you win two rounds out of three, then you win the game. Sounds good?"Corinne nodded earnestly. "Okay. Thanks."Annie's eyes reddened with anxiety. "Corinne! It was my fault! You don't need to play with them! I'll drink as many bottles of beer as they want!" She then thought to herself, 'I can't let my aunt play against those three sleazebags! They'll bully her if she loses! I don't want that to happen..."Corinne patted Annie's restless hand. "Shh! Be quiet, will you? It's going to be fine."'What do you mean it's going to be fine!' Annie wanted to call her uncle over for help, but her cell phone had been snatched by one of the men earlier!Though the contest had not yet begun, they were already surrounded by a crowd of men who came in to watch the e
Annie seemed to be in a dilemma and uttered, "But..."Corinne stared at her and immediately caught on. "There's some important stuff in your phone, isn't there?"Annie nodded embarrassedly.Corinne massaged the top of her nose bridge and turned to look at the man. "What other game do you want to play?"The man looked at Corinne's confident expression. "Winning or losing doesn't matter this time. We'll spin this wheel of fortune. I'll return her phone in exchange for you playing this game once!"Corinne looked down at the device on the table and felt that it was a particularly pointless game."Fine. I'll do it."The man smirked. "The rule is that you have to press the button with your eyes closed. Whatever option you land on will be my 'punishment', and whatever option I land on will be your 'punishment'!"Corinne frowned and objected to it a little. "Why is it that we're choosing punishment for each other instead of for ourselves?"The man shook his head. "Because otherwise, i
Corinne had to pass by Jeremy to reach that man. Though she did not look at Jeremy, she could still feel his gaze.She walked over without paying attention to him, but someone stuck out his foot from nowhere and tripped her!In that split second, Corinne lost her footing and fell on Jeremy's muscular chest.The rowdy onlookers fell silent for an instant, and the atmosphere turned deathly quiet.Zeke wanted to stir things up a little, so he blew a whistle that broke the silence.Everyone started to whisper to each other."Bold of her to choose Mister Jeremy!""Isn't she aware of who he is? How dare she touch him!""She seems to have done it on purpose!""Isn't it obvious? Which woman in New Capital City wouldn't want to get close to Mister Jeremy?""I bet Mister Jeremy will shove her away. He's not the kind who'll let any random woman cop a feel of him."When Corinne looked up, her black eyelashes fluttered, and she had a helpless look of embarrassment in her eyes. "Mister...