Sherlyn snapped out of the shock and looked enviously at Corinne. "Huh! Where else could she have gotten the money from if not by deceiving Jeremy to give her some?" she said saltily.Lilliana, of course, thought the same way as her. "Corinne, you shouldn't use other people's money to clean up your mess. Aren't you afraid that the Holden family would look into this and punish you if they found out you use their money without their permission?"Corinne smiled. "Aunt Lilliana, you seem to have forgotten something very important. Jeremy is my husband so technically speaking, his money is also my money. Take yourself for example, has your husband ever asked you to give back all the money you've spent that was his, to begin with?"Lillian's face first became pale with shock then black with anger. She was so angry that she could not think of a comeback.Sherlyn's face looked even more terrible than her mother's. She thought that the Holden family would look down on Corinne — who grew up
Aaron and Xante glanced at each other. Both of their hearts went out to Corinne. Since she was little, Corinne never experienced what it felt like to have the love of a family. Instead, she was sent to the countryside to suffer all kinds of hardships. They saw with their own eyes the amount of blood, sweat, and tears for Corinne to get to where she was today.Seeing Corinne so down, Aaron decided to change to a more cheerful topic. "Boss, let's go and have fun at the bar now that you've gotten your engagement gifts back."'Drinking in broad daylight? No thanks!' thought Corinne. She was in no mood to be drinking so she waved her hands and said, "Aaron, go find out if any grand mansions have been demolished in Thalassa in the past twenty years. If there is, find out the original owner of the mansion. Also, send someone to find out about an ex-student called Em Love in Thalassa University and send me the information once you have it."Aaron could send this was important to her so he a
Aaron pretended to be embarrassed. "Why me? I'm still a virgin. It'll be so awkward for me to buy that kind of thing!"Both Xante and Corinne were speechless.Aaron was only trying to be funny to liven up the atmosphere but it did not work as both Xante and Corinne were looking at him with disgust and with their mouths in a tight line.He immediately dropped the act and shrugged. "Okay, okay. I'll go get the pregnancy test. Huh! I can't believe that I, the owner of the Newmoon Group, am being ordered around like a little scullery maid. Sigh! What has become of my life!"Xante gave him a side-eye and said nothing else as Aaron continued with his blabbering. She then started the car engine and drove to the nearest drugstore. While driving, she kept looking up at the rearview mirror to check on Corinne.'She doesn't look too well after all that retching she did moments ago,' thought Xante with a worried frown on her face.Corinne was indeed not well. Recently, she burned candles at
"The fetus is developing well but your own body is a little weak. You must rest more and eat more nutritious food. Don't overwork yourself and maintain a good mood. Please ask your family members to take care of you too," said the OB-GYN specialist."Don't worry, doctor! We'll take good care of her," said Aaron with a smile.Corinne walked out of the consultation room in a daze. She was a little overwhelmed at the thought of a baby growing inside of her.She only ever did it once with Jeremy. That night, she had no choice but to do it with Jeremy because he had been given a strong aphrodisiac and would have suffered serious consequences to his health if he did not have s*x there and then.'I can't believe it only took that time for me to get pregnant,' thought Corinne.She was only twenty years old and just starting her adult life; the thought of getting married and giving birth did not even cross her mind a few minds ago so the news of pregnancy was a huge shock to her.Besides,
Corinne's heart skipped a beat when she saw Jeremy's tall and handsome back. 'I can't believe he appeared before me when I wished to see him the most! It almost feels like a miracle.'She smiled and walked toward Jeremy while thinking of how to break the news of her pregnancy to him. Aaron wanted to chase after her to make sure she did not hurt herself but Xante stopped him. "Don't be a third wheel. Let them have some private time."Aaron shrugged and scoffed. "I just wanted to make sure the boss doesn't fall flat on her face."Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and said, "Don't worry. She's not as clumsy as you think."Aaron crossed his arms and waited with great interest to see how Jeremy would react to Corinne's news.…As she got closer to him, Corinne opened her mouth and said, "Mist—"However, she did not even finish calling him when a toddler suddenly stumbled out of the pediatric room, wrapped himself around Jeremy's legs, and said in a baby voice, "Da, dada, da!"
Before this, Corinne never answered the question so straightforwardly nor did she ever call him first.Jeremy chuckled. "I'll be back in a few days. There's still some work left for me to do here. Be a good girl and wait for me to come back, okay?""Okay," Corinne replied coldly.Jeremy quickly hung up the phone after that because the toddler in his arms was starting to cry for his mommy.Corinne's eyes lost their sparkles when she heard how busy Jeremy sounded on the phone. She then laughed at herself. 'How could I be so stupid?'She always thought she was a very rational girl, unlike those girls whose existence was all about finding their soulmates. She was never the one who fell blindly in love or trusted men. However, the fact of the matter was she was human after all.Corinne never once doubted Jeremy, not even when Anya showed her the cesarean scar on her abdomen and told her she had a kid with Jeremy. She thought Anya was just lying, wanting to drive a wedge between her an
By the time Jeremy turned around, Corinne and the others were already nowhere to be seen in the hospital corridor.'Was it my imagination? I could've sworn I heard a little rascal's voice just now,' thought Jeremy.Anya came back with the medicine. "Jeremy, I got the medicine for the baby. We can go back now."Jeremy nodded. The toddler — with his head resting over Jeremy's shoulder — already dozed off and the three of them walked over to the elevator.Anya was glowing with pride and happiness when she realized all the passers-by were looking at her with admiring eyes. She tilted her head to look at the handsome man with her child in his arms.'I can't believe I'm finally living my dream life. From this moment onward, Jeremy, me, and our baby are going to live happily ever after.'…Corinne, Xante, and Aaron were back in the minivan.While driving, Xante took a glance at Corinne from the rearview mirror. "Boss, where to now?" she asked cautiously."Take me back to Holden's est
Corinne nodded. "Thank you."As usual, she walked slowly up the stairs but halfway through, she stopped, turned around, and asked, "By the way, Bowen. Have my things arrived?"Corinne arranged the engagement gifts she got back from the Carews to be delivered to Holden's estate."Yes, ma'am. I've already asked the maids to keep it in the storeroom. Would you like to take a look?"Corinne waved her hand. "That's okay. Just remember to tell Jeremy about it when he's back.""Yes, ma'am."She then continued on her way. The reason she got the expensive engagement gifts back was so that she would not own the Holdens anything.Bowen looked quizzically at Corinne walking up the stairs. He sensed there was something off about her but he could not quite put his finger on just what it was. 'Oh well, it's probably nothing,' he thought. Then he quickly went to the kitchen to instruct the cook to make something for Corinne.Before he left, Jeremy specially told him what to look out for in Cor