Corinne thought was interrupted by Jeremy's sudden movement. She secretly took a deep breath to compose herself. Then, she pulled out a card and was just about to place it on the table.Suddenly, Jeremy's hand roughly forced her to put the card she wanted to place on the table back into her hand before picking another card and throwing that one onto the table.Corinne was stunned. However, realization dawned on her when she saw the card Jeremy picked. 'Yes. Why didn't I think of that? I'll definitely have a bigger chance of winning by letting go of that card.'She cocked her head to look at Jeremy, not understanding why he was helping her when he completely ignored her earlier.Their eyes met."What are you looking at me for? Focus on the cards!" said Jeremy harshly.Corinne was speechless. 'Tsk. Why's he being so mean to me?'She was grateful for his help and wanted to thank him for his unexpected act of kindness, but she changed her mind after that.Pouting, she turned her he
'Isn't he a germaphobe?' thought Corinne with a frown. She found the whole thing weird but told herself to focus on the game instead."Hurry up and play the cards," she said out loud.In the end, she put down her last card on the table and won the final round.She raised her eyebrow and said, "I look forward to your strip dance, Mister Callen."The smile instantly disappeared from Zeke's face."Yeah, Zeke. You're the one who said you'd put on a strip show for us if you lose. I hope you don't go back on your words," said Jason with an expression that said he was enjoying the situation.Zeke crossed his arms and scoffed, "Jason, are you or are you not my friend? Why do you look so happy to see me lose?""You have no one but yourself to blame!" said Gerald coldly.Zeke pretended to be hurt. "You too, Gerald?"Jason and Gerald continued to make fun of Zeke when suddenly, Corinne heard Jeremy whispering coldly into her ear. "Lady Luck must be smiling down on you today, Miss Carew."
Zeke, in his all-white tailored suit, stood proudly in the middle of the dance floor like a handsome knight in shining armor. No one except for Corinne and the rest of the group knew what he was going to do.Jason called one of the waiters who was carrying around a tray of red wine in his hand over. He then picked up a glass of red wine and gestured to the waiter using his chin, signaling him to offer the wine to each of his friends.Gerald and Jeremy both picked up a glass, clinked them together, and stood waiting to watch Zeke's performance.Corinne shook her head at the waiter. "Thank you, but I don't drink."Jason smiled. "Bring this lady a glass of juice instead.""Yes, Mister Talbot," the waiter replied with a nod. He then went to do as he was asked.Jason took the opportunity to stand beside Corinne. He put his lips close to her ear and whispered mischievously, "Corinne, do you usually not drink?""Well, that really depends on my mood," Corinne answered lightly.Jason ra
Jason did not answer her, but he did not shake her hands off either.After a while, there was finally some light. The manor's butler came rushing into the banquet hall with a flashlight in his hand."Dear guests, please do not panic. It's just a circuit trip. We've already asked someone to fix it, and the light will come back soon enough," announced the butler in a bid to reassure everyone."Please fix it as soon as possible. My girlfriend is afraid of the dark.""Ugh. That really gave us a fright.""It's okay. It's okay. There's no need to be scared. It's just a circuit trip."After a minute or so, the lights in the banquet hall came back on. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and went back to what they were doing.Unfortunately, Zeke—who was still standing in the middle of the dance floor—had already put on his clothes and was tying up his tie.He smirked at his friends and said, "Sorry guys. I finished the strip show when the electricity was out. Too bad you all didn't get to
Wanting Jeremy to carry him, Joey opened up his chubby little arms and kept calling out for Jeremy in that baby voice of his."Dada, Dada."Seeing that, the guests began to whisper among themselves."Is that Miss Anya's and Mister Jeremy's kid?""I think so. He's a spitting image of Miss Anya.""They're not even married yet. How can they have a kid together?""Why not? I mean, they've been together for the longest time and the only reason they're not married to each other is because both of their parents objected to them being together. Having a kid is just one of those sooner or later things since they're so madly in love with each other.""Hey, that kid is so cute!"Corinne began to feel like she was the third wheel in the situation, so she stepped a bit further from Jeremy.Lucas must have thought the same as her as he suddenly said, "Miss Carew, come over here. We're leaving soon."Corinne was relieved to know she could finally leave the party. She walked over to Lucas an
"I only went to the party because you asked me to. Look, what I'm saying is that it's fine if you don't want to give me a ride home, but you should at least drop me off at a place where I can hail a taxi," said Corinne.Lucas narrowed his eyes. "Miss Carew, you certainly have a lot of requests."Corinne brazenly looked back at him. "Any boss with a little bit of humanity left in him wouldn't have treated their staff the way you treated me."Lucas laughed."What's the matter, Miss Carew? You can't handle something as simple as this? I seem to recall you telling me that you're different from my sister. What was it again? "That she wouldn't be able to handle any hardships because she's a flower grown in a greenhouse while you only get better with every challenge that comes your way because you're like the weeds on the sidewalk which won't die no matter how much the others tried to kill it?"If that's the case, I look forward to you getting yourself out of this predicament. In fact,
Corinne stood alone in the emergency lane. There was only pitch-black darkness around her which would sometimes be punctuated with the light from an oncoming car. It was dangerous to walk on a highway as one could accidentally get hit by a car, so Corinne did not walk along the highway after she got out of the car. Instead, she turned on the flashlight on her phone so that the cars would know she was there and at the same time, she called Xante."Xante, where are you?""I'm in Yrimir, remember? You were the one who asked me to come here to negotiate the buying of Vita Company. I took the flight out this morning."Corinne pinched the space between her brows. 'Ugh, the pregnancy brain must've made me forget that Xante is out of the country.'"What's wrong, boss? How did Missus Benet's birthday party go?""It was okay. Do take care of yourself while you're in Yrimir. I'll ask Aaron to pick me up instead."Corinne hung up the phone and called Aaron. However, after waiting and waiti
"Alright, I'll get into the car. Thanks for doing this though."Corinne walked over to where the McLaren was parked. Tommy walked a few steps before her and respectfully opened the door for her.As soon as she got into the car, Corinne was enveloped in a thick haze of cigarette smoke. Jeremy was smoking in the car, and even though the car window was open, it still was not enough to make the smoke dissipate.'He's smoking more than usual… Seems like it was just one cigarette after another from when he was at Lunar Century Manor…' thought Corinne.Thinking of the baby in her tummy, Corinne was not happy about the second-hand smoke in the car, but she knew she had no right to complain about it since it was not her car. What she could do was roll down her window to make the smoke dissipate faster.After doing that, she said politely, "Thank you for giving me a ride, Mister Jeremy. You can just drop me off at the end of the highway and I'll take a taxi home."Jeremy leaned lazily agai