Jeremy looked at Aaron, who was smiling enthusiastically, and then at Corinne, who was just letting Aaron put his arm around her with eyes filled with bloodthirst. Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Very well then."Jeremy then walked around the coffee table to bypass Corinne and Aaron and strode out the apartment door. Once the door closed with a loud bang, Corinne finally heaved a sigh of relief. However, at the same time, there was also an indescribable sense of suffocation still lingering inside of her.Corinne could not help but shudder when she recalled the cold smile Jeremy gave her before he left. Then, there was his deep, dark eyes… They looked as though something had broken inside of them.'What's going on with him? Why did he give me such a look before he left?' she wondered.She was still trying to come up with the answers to her own questions when Aaron asked her curiously, "Boss, what was going on just now? How does that scumbag Jeremy know where we live?"Corinne leaned
It was not working hours yet so the staff did not arrive. However, someone was already working at the president's secretary's desk.Corinne immediately got up and bowed respectfully toward Lucas when she saw him coming in. "Good morning, Mister Lucas."Lucas paused in his tracks and looked her up and down. "You don't look the worse for the wear so you must have gotten out alright from last night's predicament. Your grit is commendable, Miss Carew."Corinne maintained a smile on her face. "Thank you for your praise, Mister Lucas."Not wanting to see her a moment longer, Lucas then went into his own office. Edmund, however, stayed behind and said quietly, "Ahem, Miss Carew. I hope nothing bad happened to you last night.""Don't worry. I'm fine. Nothing bad happened," said Corinne lightly."Glad to hear that."Edmund sighed with pity for Corinne.Last night, Anya cried the whole time because she saw Jeremy holding Corinne in his arms. She could not accept the fact that she might l
Corinne asked Lucas why she was suddenly being promoted and he only paid her lip service, saying that with her skills and experiences, she was overqualified to be only working as a secretary.'What kind of half-*ss reason is that?' She instinctively looked at the smiling Jason and thought, 'He has something to do with this.'After coming out of Lucas's office, Edmund brought her to the new office she would be working in from there onwards. He even arranged for somebody to redecorate the office."Miss Carew, feel free to come to me if you want to change anything in your office. We can redecorate it to any style you like," said Edmund before leaving Corinne alone in her new office.Even Edmund's attitude toward her changed! Corinne found the whole thing surreal."Thank you but I'm good for the moment."She sat down on the chair and it was most definitely more comfortable than the chair she had when she was just a secretary. However, it would not be convenient for her to look into h
"Not really," replied Corinne."Because Anya loves Jeremy more than life itself. She could not and would not live without him. Your existence, however, made Jeremy question the importance of having Anya in his life."Corinne rolled her eyes. "Oh please, they already have a kid together so how can I still be a threat to their relationship? You guys are overthinking about this. Besides, it's not like Mister Jeremy is the only fish in the sea, and no matter how desperate I am for a man, I would never be a homewrecker!"Jason looked at her in shock, which Corinne noticed, so she asked him, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"That snapped him out of his shock. He then smiled and said, "No reason. Let's go. I'll show you around the company's shopping mall and then we can have lunch together.""No, thank you. I still have work to do."Jason rapped his knuckles on the table and said, "This is one of your jobs. Many of your company's products are sold in the Talbot's Department S
Anya looked happy. She walked up to Corinne and said, "Corinne, what a coincidence to see you here too!""Yeah, I guess you can say that," said Corinne indifferently.Anya turned her attention toward Jason — who still was holding the shopping basket in his hand — and smiled coyly, "Jason, what are you doing here with Corinne?"Jason beamed a smile back at her and said, "Corinne has just been promoted to become the sales manager in Rivera Group today. Meaning to say she'll be in charge of all the products that the company supplies to Talbot's so I brought her here to get herself familiarized with the market."Corinne was relieved that Jason told her the truth instead of giving her an answer that could be taken the wrong way.'Okay, so he does know how to rein it in when there are other people present.'Anya blinked in astonishment. "Congratulations on the promotion, Corinne!"Corinne knew Anya did not mean that so she simply smiled and said, "Thank you.""Jeremy and I were just
'Huh?!' Corinne scoffed inwardly.…At the sushi restaurant, Cherry Blossom.Anya first placed Joey in the baby highchair before passing Corinne the menu and saying warmly, "Corinne, order whatever you want from the menu. There's no need to be shy around us, okay?"Corinne waved her hand and did not take the menu.Jason smiled and took the menu from Anya's hand and put it between himself and Corinne."Thank you, Anya. Corinne and I will share a menu. Corinne, what do you want to have?"Anya smiled and asked coyly, "Jason, you're so nice to Corinne. Could it be?""Oh, so you can tell too!" said Jason with an equally coy smile.The corners of Corinne's mouth began to twitch.'And here I thought he knew how to rein it in. Well, it didn't take long for him to show his true colors.'While she was looking at the menu, Corinne could feel someone giving her the death stare from across the table and this made her extremely uncomfortable. The stare seemed to have come out from eyes so
Anya hurriedly put on an expression that showed she suddenly realized that she made a mistake."Sorry, Corinne! I forgot you wanted to have something lighter. It was my mistake to order so much fried food. Waiter! Take all of these fried foods away. My friend here doesn't like it!"Corinne smiled mockingly at Anya's hypocrisy and waved her hand at the waiter, signaling him to not bother. "It's okay. You all can eat it since the food is already here. It won't be good to waste it.""But," Anya said anxiously."Yeah, it's fine. We can just do this." Jason pushed the plate of fried food away from Corinne before picking up and putting the cold side dish in front of her. "Here, Corinne, try this. It's light and refreshing. You'll have more appetite after eating this.""Okay, thanks." Corinne nodded and grabbed some of the cold side dishes. However, before the food even got close to her mouth, she immediately covered her mouth and stood up because she felt like throwing up again. "Excuse
Afraid that Corinne was going to do something to her, Anya slowly backed away."I have Lucas! And he's willing to do anything for me. He'll never let a shameless woman like you give birth to Jeremy's kid 'cause he knows how sad I'll be if Jeremy leaves me again! Corinne, you should know very well that even if I can't win against you, my brother will help me get rid of you!"Corinne forced Anya to the back of the wall before lifting her fake little face with her fingers."Tsk! How can such vicious words come out of such an angelic little face? I wonder what your beloved brother would think if he was to see you like this."Even though Corinne had the upper hand, Anya still managed to retain some sort of boldness as she snorted confidently. "Hah! Why don't you go and tell him and see if he'll believe you! In fact, not only would he not believe you but it'd just make him dislike you even more and he'll make your life more difficult just to avenge me."Corinne was in total agreement wi