The fact that Corinne lowered her head seemed to have made Sherlyn haughtier. "How do we plan to punish you? Well, that depends on my mood and how sincere you are in apologizing to us."At that moment, Lilliana sighed helplessly and gently persuaded her daughter, "Forget it, Sherlyn. Corinne is your sister after all, so you shouldn't punish her."She turned toward Corinne and said with mock compassion, "Corinne, Sherlyn could never return to the peak of her career because you took her place as Missus Holden for so long. But it's okay, we won't ask you to compensate her for the loss 'cause we'll just put it down as you being young and stupid. However, you'll need to give back the title of Missus Holden to Sherlyn, so it'll be great if you can just pack up your things and leave her without a fuss. Of course, you'll need to promise us you'll never show your face here again and stop coming in between Jeremy and Sherlyn. I guarantee you we'll let bygones be bygones if you just do as I sai
"Okay, sure!" said Corinne without missing a beat.After that, she ordered the confused maid who stood next to her to gather Bowen and the rest of the servants. The maid immediately snapped out of her trance, nodded, and did as she was ordered. Not long after, Bowen and the rest of the servants gathered in the living room."Let me introduce you all to my sister, Sherlyn. She's the woman Jeremy wanted to marry in the first place, so that makes her the real Missus. The other two next to her are her parents or, in other words, the in-laws of the Holden family," Corinne said solemnly.Bowen and the rest of the servants were all shocked, and they could not help but wonder if Corinne was pulling a prank on them. However, when they saw her sincere expression, she did not look like she was joking."Now that this is done, you'll do well to serve the new Missus. As for me, I'll be going upstairs to pack my things so that the real Missus Holden can move in."Sherlyn felt vindicated by Corinn
Jeremy stood at the entrance, and because the television was turned on too loudly, he noticed something was different at home the moment he walked through the door. He squinted at the three strangers sitting in the living room, and that caused his handsome eyes to darken with alarm immediately.The two maids greeted him as usual. One of them helped him out of his suit jacket while the other bent to help him wear his house slippers. Jeremy took out his jacket and passed it to one of the maids, but he did not put on the house slippers."Who are those people in the living room?" he asked in that deep voice of his.The maid exchanged confused looks with one another, and one of them answered helplessly, "Mister Jeremy, they're Ma'am's family, but they…"The maid found herself unable to continue as she did not know how to tell him that Corinne had introduced the 'new Missus Holden' to them. It was too complicated to the extent that they, the servants, had no idea what happened."Well, g
A lukewarm 'hello' and 'welcome' was a rare thing to come out from the noble Jeremy's mouth.Sherlyn's heart thumped excitedly in her chest. She was delighted and thought that Jeremy must have had a good impression of her. Why else would he act so politely toward her?The fact that the cold, aloof Jeremy would welcome her was proof that she was the one he wanted to marry in the first place. Besides, Anya did tell her yesterday that Jeremy had fallen in love with her after seeing her in a movie she starred in and that was why he arranged for his men to bring the engagement gifts to her house.Then, Corinne came in between them. The people on Jeremy's side must have thought Corinne was Sherlyn because as sisters, they somewhat looked alike. Even though Sherlyn did not think so, it must be so to others.'Also, that b*tch Corinne rarely goes out with makeup on her face. Jeremy must've thought that's how I look without makeup, and that's how he mixed me up with her. Well, I don't blame
Marvin looked up at Jeremy, who was a good head taller than him, and decided to follow his lead in playing the part of the wise, old elder. He nodded admiringly and loftily said, "What a good son-in-law you are! I'm sure we'll get along just fine."Lilliana smiled and said, "Jeremy, you must be tired from work. As your mother, I'll be more than happy to cook you some of my signature dishes later."Bowen, who stood beside them, frowned unhappily. For a moment, he thought he heard wrong. 'Did Missus Carew really call herself Mister Jeremy's mother? She shouldn't do that even if she's his mother-in-law. I do not like them. They have no boundaries and no manners.'Jeremy narrowed his eyes, and there was no hint of emotions on his face. He raised his head at Bowen and said, "Please make sure Corinne's parents are well taken care of while I go upstairs to check on her.""Yes, Mister Jeremy," replied Bowen."Jeremy, wait! I want to go upstairs to look for Corinne, too!" said Sherlyn as s
"An explanation is in order."Jeremy narrowed his eyes. His gaze was focused solely on Corinne, and he did not even bother to look at Sherlyn's shy expression. He stretched out his big hand, took the suitcase from Corinne, and handed it to Bowen, who stood beside him.He then asked, "What's all this fuss about?"As Jeremy asked that question, he placed his arms around Corinne's waist and pulled her into his arms, as if worried that she might leave for real.Corinne felt that it was a little inappropriate for him to hug her in front of other people, so she pushed his chest to try and break free. Alas, she could not do so, and she could only shrug helplessly as she spread his arms and began explaining."Well, it all started when you went to the Carews to fetch your bride, which you were supposed to do by going through the main entrance. However, you went through the back door and brought me away! Now that this secret has been exposed and they found out that you picked up the wrong p
Jeremy heard on numerous occasions that Corinne had a hard life in the past, but he never thought that they would treat her so terribly. As if having a stepmother and stepsister who treated her like that was bad enough, even her father did not seem to show any care for her.Jeremy looked down at the indifferent little girl in his arms and felt his heart tense up. He could not imagine how much suffering she had to go through in the Carews as a child to be able to act so indifferently in such a situation.After listening to the Carews' ludicrous statements, a cynical smirk appeared on the corner of his lips. "Why should you switch places with her? The woman I wanted to marry has always been Corinne, not anyone else."Sherlyn did not believe it one bit. She felt that it was Corinne's sweet talk and interference that made Jeremy confused."Mister Jeremy, how can Corinne be the woman you intended to marry? You can't believe a thing she says because she'll say all sorts of sweet words to
The person who burst out cackling was neither Corinne nor Jeremy, but Bowen, who had failed to hold himself back at that moment. Despite his old age, that was the first time he had ever seen such an ordinary-looking yet incredibly self-confident woman.It was truly an eye-opener!Bowen cleared his throat in embarrassment, suppressed his out-of-character laugh, and said, "Ahem. My apologies, sir. I'll go check if dinner is ready for you and the missus..."He then excused himself solemnly.Jeremy narrowed his eyes and glanced icily at Sherlyn. "In what aspect do you think you're better than my wife? Your character? Your intelligence, maybe? Or perhaps your image? Is there anything about you that can compare to even a single strand of my wife's hair?"His words severely hurt Sherlyn's self-esteem, and although she also knew that Corinne was frustratingly good-looking, she believed herself to be quite attractive as well. Otherwise, she would not have been able to enter the entertainme