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
Jeremy's response stunned Corinne. She started to blush with embarrassment when she recalled what happened that fateful night.Jeremy's eyes softened when he saw her blushing like that. Her reaction was exactly what he had been hoping for. He wished that she would act shyly and nervously—like a girl with raging hormones—around him.After all, they had not seen each other for a month. He hated how she did not seem happy or surprised to see him. In fact, she completely ignored his existence."Corinne Carew," Jeremy called out her full name in that deep and seductive voice of his. Being called by one's full name was never a good thing in any kind of relationship.Corinne looked warily at him. "Mister Jeremy, if you have something you want to tell me, just say it!"He pinched her chin and tilted her face up."Why are you calling me Mister Jeremy instead of just Mister?"Corinne thought he was acting a bit odd. She could not tell whether he was unhappy or actually flirting with her.
Corinne did not care why he was doing this. It could be his desire to control her or it could be he was looking for some excitement. It did not matter having it all pointed to him not having no respect for her, which was what she hated the most.'He's so self-centered and overbearing! He thinks he only needs to crook his finger, and any woman will come running to be his mistress just because he's rich and powerful. Why, he's as delusional as ever!' thought Corinne.Thinking about all of that infuriated Corinne. She vehemently pushed away Jeremy's hand and shouted, "That's right! I only want Mister Lucas' money and not yours, because your money is dirty! I don't want dirty money!"'My money is dirty?'Jeremy's face darkened. He looked at her glumly, trying to suppress his anger. He was so used to being in the driver's seat in everything, so it was inevitable he would get angry when he met a woman who would not submit to him. All of his efforts of talking himself out of his anger wer
Corinne's phone rang just when Jeremy was in mid-sentence. She carried her phone in her hand since her gown had no pockets. She raised up her hand and saw the caller ID to be 'Hubby'.'Should I answer it? Wait a minute… Hubby?!'She was visibly confused. 'When did I save my husband's number? No, the question should be, when did I ever get myself a husband?'"Is this why you ran away from home a month ago?" Jeremy asked sullenly.The question pulled Corinne out of her thoughts. She looked up and saw Jeremy was looking down condescendingly at her phone screen. His eyes were tinged with a kind of suppressed anger that looked as if he was about to kill someone.Corinne had never seen that kind of expression on his face before so she was understandably shocked.Jeremy smiled bloodthirstily and said sarcastically, "I have it to hand it to you, Miss Carew. You've managed to snag a new husband in just one short month!"Corinne was speechless. She was still reeling from the shock of it a
Corinne did not want Jeremy to know where she lived so she said politely, "You don't have to go through all that trouble to send me home. It's enough for you to simply drop me off at the exit, and I'll take a taxi from there."Seeing that she was not going to give him her address, Jeremy simply said, "Drive us back to the mansion.""Yes, Mister Jeremy.""What? He's taking me back to the mansion? What's the meaning of this? Is he out of his mind? I don't want to go back to the mansion with him.'Corinne gritted her teeth. She had no choice but to tell him the name of the apartment she was staying in."Baelon Garden. That's the apartment I live in."Jeremy gestured with his chin indifferently, signaling Tommy to tell the driver to change course to Baelon Garden.Tommy overheard the conversation between Jeremy and Corinne, and he felt sorry for Jeremy. 'Mister Jeremy has been looking all over the place for Miss Corinne only to learn that she has a new husband. Poor him… How can he
A fat cat came out of the bedroom at a leisurely pace. The cat thought its human had come home and wanted to rub itself against Corinne's legs. When it saw a stranger in the living room, it immediately puffed up its fur and hissed at Jeremy like a mini tiger."Hiss!"Jeremy looked coldly at the cat, unfazed by the cat's behavior.Corinne came out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee in her hand and she nearly burst out laughing when she saw her cat trying to threaten Jeremy, though she managed to swallow back her laughter."Mimi, come here. Don't be rude to our guest.""Meow!"Mimi calmed down when it heard Corinne's voice. It then adorably walked over to Corinne and rubbed itself against Corinne's leg, asking for attention.Corinne stepped over Mimi as usual and put the coffee on the table."Here you go, Mister Jeremy. I only have one kind of coffee bean at home, so please drink it even if it's not up to your taste."She then turned around and stepped over Mimi again and went
Another thing was, guys were not typically as clean as girls, so Corinne and Xante asked Aaron to keep his personal belongings in his room in order to keep the living tidy. He was not allowed to display his garage kit in the space they all shared, nor was he allowed to use his exercise equipment outside of his room.Other than that, he was trained to put his shoes back in the closet as soon as he got home and similarly, to put his indoor slippers back in the same closet when he wrnt out.Did Aaron mind? Not really. He was used to it as the three of them grew up together.Jeremy became even more suspicious of Corinne when he saw that she was trying to avoid the conversation but then, suddenly, he heard the sound of someone entering the door passcode from the outside of the room.'Someone is back!' He thought with a frown and proceeded to look toward the door.Corrine knew it was definitely Aaron and it was because she knew exactly that, she became a little worried. She started rubb