"Thank you."Corinne had always been quite casual about it, so she did not mind sharing the towel. After accepting the towel, she wiped away the water on her face before drying her hair.Jason smiled at her. He was the perfect gentleman, albeit the previous instances where he would constantly tease her with ill humor. He knew not to cross the line."Corinne, you can rest here for a while. I'll ask my secretary, Angie, to bring some clothes to you later.""Okay. Thanks again, Kind Sir!"Corinne did not have any intention to keep him in there. She was a married woman after all, so it would not be good if she was seen with another man in a room. She had to keep her distance at all costs.Jason smiled helplessly when he heard Corinne referring to him as 'Kind Sir'."Corinne, if you really want to thank me, you should call me by my name instead of giving me a nickname."Corinne raised an eyebrow nonchalantly. "Why? You don't like being called a kind sir? I, for one, think it's the p
That hand was not Jason's.Angie was shocked. She looked up and saw Jeremy's cold face looking down at her. His sudden oppressive appearance caused her to instinctively back away."M-Mister Jeremy!"Jeremy calmly opened the shopping bag and looked at the clothes inside. They were indeed new since the tags were still on them.'I guess they'll work in a pinch.'Jason looked at Jeremy and smiled. "Jeremy, you're finally here."Jeremy nodded at him and said unsmilingly, "Yeah. Where's my wife?""She's inside and completely drenched. I was worried that she might get sick so I brought her to the guest room to dry off.""In any case, thank you."Jeremy narrowed his eyes and continued, "However, you shouldn't simply bring another man's wife into a room next time. Your kindness is more trouble than it's worth."Jason's smile froze on his face but then he gave a quick chuckle. "Jeremy, I was left with no choice but to do that. She looked like a pitiful wet puppy walking around like tha
Jeremy entered the guest room and saw Corinne standing next to the bed with her back against the door and drying herself off with the towel.Her unbuttoned shirt was half-hanging off her shoulders and from the back, he could see her beautiful collarbone, slender neck, and fair back. He had never seen those parts of her body before, not even at home.'I can't believe she didn't lock the door before undressing. What if it was not me but another man who came? Does she want the whole world to see her half-naked body?'Thinking of that made his eyebrows draw together, his face darkened, and his jaw tightened.When Corinne heard someone come in, she did not turn around but instead said, "Thank you, Angie. You can just leave the clothes on the shelf over there."'What? She didn't even turn her head around. What a heartless woman,' thought Jeremy.The frown on his face became deeper. He narrowed his eyes. 'Looks like I need to teach her a lesson.'Click!Jeremy locked the door."Who a
Jeremy snapped out of his trance and tapped his cigarette against the ashtray. "Jason's secretary gave it to me.""Oh… Why didn't she just bring it in for me instead?" Corinne asked curiously."I just so happened to bump into her outside the door, so she asked me to bring it in for you," Jeremy answered, giving her the short version of the story."Oh, alright."Corinne massaged her hair with the towel and walked over to the bed to check if there were any messages on her phone."Come here!"Jeremy extinguished his half-smoked cigarette and crooked his finger at her.A disgusted expression appeared on Corinne's face. She was still angry at him, so she did not want to be near him at all. However, she did not like giving him the silent treatment either, so after thinking it through, she put down her phone and obediently walked over to him."Why did you ask me to come here?"Jeremy patted his thigh and said one word."Sit."Corinne was speechless. 'Is he really asking me to sit o
Jeremy stroked Corinne's hair as though she was a cat."I'm just saying it like it is. You know Anya saved my life, so I have no choice but to make sure I can give her a reasonable explanation. I wouldn't have gone through all that trouble if it was any other person. Earlier, I wanted to come in with you but Anya suddenly vomited everywhere and kept calling for me, so I—"Corinne rolled her eyes and interrupted him, "Say no more. I can see where this is going."Jeremy raised an eyebrow. "Do you now? Well, where is this going?"Corinne sat up a little straighter in his lap and said confidently, "I understand your dilemma, Mister, because Anya is your savior and she lost something irretrievable to save you back then. So, you feel like you're deeply indebted to her. Therefore, you can't just leave her alone whenever she's in some sort of trouble. Am I right?"Jeremy did not deny what she said. "Yeah, I'm sorry. Please give me a little more time to repay her kindness. Once that's done
The dress was too big for her. Not to mention, it was designed to make the wearer look sexy. Her strap slipped down, making her look all the more seductive with her gleaming pale shoulder and neck.The scent of her body wash wafted off her skin and the combined effect of her smell and look caused Jeremy's eyes to burn with lust and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.Corinne noticed the weird look in Jeremy's eyes. Following his gaze, she looked down at her body, only to discover that the already low neckline had plunged even lower because her strap had slipped off. She blushed with shame as her hand instinctively shot up to cover her chest."Hey! Stop staring at my chest, Mister!"She quickly pulled up her strap with another hand before moving that hand to cover her chest too. Hell would freeze over before she let him see that part of her body. However, the one-size-too-big dress was too loose on her, so without her even moving, the straps moved on their own accord again.Unfort
In the meantime, Sunny had just grilled up a plate of his secret sauce chicken wings. He added some special seasoning and confidently brought it out for Corinne to try so that she would know what a real good chicken wing tastes like.However, when he looked up, he realized that there was no one at the gazebo.'Where's everyone?'He remembered Anya dragged Corinne over to the gazebo for a chat earlier, yet they were nowhere to be seen.Sunny scratched his head in confusion. He then carried the plate of chicken wings inside to look for them.…Sunny looked around the mansion for Corinne but still came up empty-handed. However, he saw Lucas and Anya sitting and talking on the sofa so he went over there with the plate of chicken wings still in his hand."Anya, have you seen Corinne?" he asked.Anya was leaning against Lucas. She looked uncomfortable and a little pale in the face. She tried to speak but had no energy to do so, coughing after every word."Oh, hi… Corinne… She's…"A
Anya was not happy at all. However, she did not show it on her face. Instead, she pretended to be kind and understanding."Don't worry, Sunny. I'm fine and I'm sure Corinne didn't mean to do that, so… Let's just forget about it."Sunny nodded confidently. "Yeah! I'm sure she didn't mean it too. There must be some misunderstanding. I'll go ask her about it later."Anya was speechless.'Unbelievable! My own brother would rather believe Corinne is innocent than to accept the fact that she harassed me! Did she slip him a love potion or something?' thought Anya.Lucas witnessed their interaction with a sullen face. Then, he suddenly said sternly and sarcastically, "You seem to be very confident about what kind of person Corinne is. Tell me, did she bribe you with something?"Sunny felt pressured when he realized just how dark Lucas' face was. "No… She didn't, but she helped me out a few times and she never asked for a favor in return. I figured someone like that can't be all that bad!