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
"What are you thinking about?"Corinne was suddenly pulled back from her thoughts when Jeremy scratched her lightly on the nose. He bent down lightly so that he could be at eye-level with her as she sat down on the bed."The barbecue grill was left unattended, so all the food got burnt. I've already asked someone to cook some fresh food for you and he'll bring it over later," said Jeremy gently.Corinne was full from the chicken wings Sunny gave her, so she did not really care whether there would be new food coming in.She raised her eyebrow slyly. "Mister, you're not keeping any deep, dark secrets from me, right?"Jeremy hesitated slightly. He then knelt down before here, looked her deeply into the eyes, and shook his head. "No, I'm not.""Good."Corinne was satisfied with his answer. She did not take Anya's bullsh*t at all. In fact, she would have forgotten about the child matter if Anya had not smiled so creepily at her earlier.After spending time with Jeremy for over two m
Jeremy said she did not put her heart and soul into the first draft she sent him so she used up every ounce of her creativity this time to finally complete the new drawing before he came back. She emailed the new drawing to him and waited patiently for his reply.'There should be no problem this time,' she thought. She could finally take a mental break now that she completed the design.She turned on her phone, wanting to play a game to relax, but accidentally caught a glimpse of the date. Today was the last day of her three-month agreement with Jeremy.'Wow, has it been three months already? How time flies!' she thought. Her relationship with Jeremy was a little complicated. 'If Mister didn't express his intention to have a serious relationship with me and I didn't agree to give it a thought then. I'd be packing up my things to leave this now.'Previously, she waited for this day to come but now she did not want to leave that much anymore.In the half-month that Jeremy was abroad