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!
Anya had never seen Lucas and Sunny fight like that, so she did not know what to do.Everyone knew Sunny lived in fear of Lucas. In fact, even if Lucas said one plus one equals three, Sunny would not dare say otherwise. It was unprecedented for Sunny to contradict Lucas like that, and it was all Corinne's fault.The onlookers watched excitedly from a distance as the argument unfolded. Anya did not want her family to become a laughingstock, so she tugged on Lucas' sleeves."Lucas, forget it. Sunny's right. I must've misunderstood Corinne's intention. I'm sure she didn't mean to kick me, so please don't fight with Sunny anymore. He's still at that age when boys are stupid…"Anya slowly got up and sighed with resignation."I'll go upstairs to talk to Corinne and Jeremy. It's best if we clear up this misunderstanding as soon as possible."She then walked toward the stairs to find Corinne and Jeremy. To be honest, she had long wanted to do that.Earlier, she pretended to be sick so t
"Who's this Corinne they're talking about?""Is she a daughter of a wealthy family?""Beats me. I've never heard of her.""No matter who she is, she must be a force to reckon with since both Mister Lucas and Mister Sunny are fighting over her!"Hearing all the ruckus, Lucas cleared his throat and looked at the crowd with his piercing eyes. The gossipers immediately felt an oppressive energy washing over them, which immediately shut them up.However, the gossipers were right about one thing—Corinne was a force to be reckoned with. The fact that Sunny, who never showed any interest in any girls before, would come to Corinne's defense was proof of that.Lucas narrowed his eyes. 'What the hell does Corinne want? Isn't it enough that she has Jeremy already? Why would she be interested in Sunny? I'm starting to suspect that her helping out grandfather at the embankment was all a ploy for her to get closer to us.'…In the guest room on the second floor, Corinne's face flushed red wit
Corinne opened the door and saw Sunny and Anya standing behind one another outside the threshold.'Oh my god, they're so annoying,' thought Corinne. She did not have the mood to deal with both of them so she raised her eyebrow and coldly spat out one word, "Yes?"Anya looked at Corinne first and then she took a glance inside the room before softly saying, "Corinne, I'm sorry… After thinking about it, I have to admit that I've misunderstood you earlier. I knelt down on the ground because I thought you wanted me to do that and… I know you didn't mean to kick me."You must've accidentally brushed against me when you were walking…So I'm really, really sorry for making Lucas think you were bullying me and for getting you pushed into the pond. Can you please forgive me, Corinne?"Corinne narrowed her eyes and thought, 'Here she is with her pitiful act again.'Then she smirked and said out loud, "Miss Anya, there's no need for you to put on this act because I can assure you Jeremy is not
"I understand what happened now, Anya! You must've mistakenly thought Corinne wanted you to kneel down before her but you lost your balance and fell to the ground. Then, Lucas just so happened to see that last part and thought you fell because Corinne kicked you."Anya was speechless. 'Is this idiot really my brother? How can he take her side and not mine?'Corinne's eyebrow quirked up. She was surprised by what Sunny said. 'I guess he finally has some sense knocked into him. He finally believes me after all those times of taking Anya's side.'Anya chuckled dryly and added to Sunny's conclusion, "Yeah, that could be it. I could have misheard since I was feeling a little dizzy from the cold…"The image Anya liked to portray to others had always been one of kind and gentle, so even though she disagreed with Sunny's statement, she did not dare to argue with him.After clearing up the misunderstanding, Sunny excitedly shoved the plate of chicken wing in front of Corinne's face."Here
A weird expression flashed across Corinne's face. She subconsciously touched the towel on her neck and said, "Oh… I was feeling cold!"Sunny frowned and said quizzically, "A towel can't keep you warm at all. You should put on my jacket instead."Then he turned to Anya and asked, "Anya, I'm sure you're all warmed up by now, right?"Anya was stunned. "Yeah… I'm not cold anymore.""Can you please take off the jacket and give it to Corinne to wear? She fell into the pond earlier, so we need to make sure she doesn't catch a cold," he said seriously.It was only then that Anya realized she was still wearing Sunny's jacket. Her smile slowly faded at the way Sunny was asking her for the jacket."Oh… Okay. Yes, we must make sure Corinne doesn't catch a cold."She had no choice but to kindly take the jacket off herself and give it back to Sunny.Sunny took the jacket without hesitation and passed it to Corinne. "Here, put this on."Corinned glanced at the jacket in front of her and then
"What are you all doing here?" asked Jeremy authoritatively.Corinne and Sunny—who were still fighting over whether there was a need to call the emergency hotline—immediately turned toward him.Jeremy stood emotionlessly, staring at them coldly from far away. "Jeremy!"The darkness in Anya's eyes immediately dissipated when she realized Jeremy had come. She put on her innocent doe-eyed look and ran over to him."Jeremy, I came here to apologize to Corinne for the misunderstanding between us, but it doesn't seem like she's willing to forgive me," she said with a pitiful sigh.Jeremy glanced at Anya, and then at Sunny, before finally fixing his gaze on the jacket Corinne was wearing on her shoulder. He narrowed his eyes unkindly and asked, "Whose jacket is that?"Corinne did not know how to answer him.A chill went up Sunny's spine as he tried to explain, "Corinne said she was cold, so I gave her my jacket to wear, and… She seems to be having an allergic reaction so I wanted to