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
Corinne was not fazed by Sherlyn's hysterics. Judging by the lazy yawning she did just now, she was bored by the whole thing. Suddenly, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry but I don't care whether I'm welcomed here or not. I'm just here to take back my engagement gifts."At the mention of the 'engagement gifts', Sherlyn's whole body immediately tensed up. Then she frowned angrily and said, "What right do you have to take away the engagement gifts?"Corinne raised her eyebrow. "You're asking me what right do I have? If I remember correctly, those engagement gifts are from my husband, are they not? Therefore, I have every right to take them away."The words, my husband, made Sherlyn even angrier. 'How dare she call Jeremy her husband? He was supposed to be mine! If only he didn't get seduced by Corinne.'The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She pointed her finger at Corinne and shouted, "Corinne Carew, I had enough of your bullsh*t! Jeremy didn't give those engagement gift
Lilliana scoffed. "Oh, please! Stop using Jeremy to scare us. He would've been Sherlyn's husband if you didn't come in between them! My Sherlyn would have been the real Missus Holden then!"Lilliana would get so worked up every time she remembered what could have been.Corinne was speechless at just how confident Lilliana and Sherlyn were. Even now, they still did not give up on the belief that Sherlyn was the woman Jeremy wanted to marry in the first place.'Ha! As if Mister will ever fall for someone as pretentious as Sherlyn!' thought Corinne.At that moment, Marvin just woke up from his afternoon nap. Still yawning, he walked down the stairs and came to the entrance after he heard the commotion outside.His eyebrows immediately shot up when he saw it was Corinne at the door. "Oh, it's you, Corinne. How dare you come back?!"Corinne noticed his face still carried the injuries from before; his eyes and nose were all swollen and bruised, making him look like a defeated boxer.'
Although the Carews lived in a decent residential area and always used expensive items — which gave people the impression that they were quite rich — it was all a lie. Their lives were not as glamorous as they made it out to be.Marvin inherited some properties from the older generation, but those properties were not in prime locations. It would be difficult for him to sell them should he need some cash.Over the years, Marvin rented out those properties to other people, but the rent received was only a drop in the bucket for his family's expenses; it was not enough to satisfy the family's vanity and their penchant for keeping up with the Joneses.Previously, they could count on Sherlyn's acting money to live a glamorous life but now she was canceled and could no longer get an acting job. In other words, they were doing nothing but frittering away whatever little fortune they had left.The engagement gifts given by Jeremy were their only hope to continue living their glamorous life
"What's your relationship with my birth mother? Why, instead of her, did you go to the hospital to pick me up?"Marvin's face stiffened and he looked at her in astonishment, "You knew about that?""Yeah, and I also know you're not my real father."'This explains why she has been addressing me as Mister Carew lately,' thought Marvin. His eyes flashed as he shouted, "How dare you! When are you going to stop with your nonsense? Corinne Carew, you're my daughter! Are you seriously thinking of cutting ties with your flesh and blood just because you've married into a wealthy family?"Corinne remained calm. "I'm sorry, Mister Carew, but I've already done a paternity test and you and I have no blood ties at all so you can't fool me."Marvin did a double-take. He never expected that she would do something like this. "How dare you do a paternity test behind my back?"Corinne folded her arms lazily. "Oh, I didn't plan for it. I just thought I might as well do it when you and Sherlyn were do