Corinne focused her gaze and turned to look at the door of the banquet hall.Lucas was wearing a suit in a light color, walking in slowly with elegant steps. It looked as if he was born to stand out.One by one, all the guests went up to have a toast with him and greet him. It just looked like a group of admirers surrounding their revered figure.There was also a group of people who surrounded and cozied up to Jeremy when he just came in earlier. However, because Jeremy was too cold and he was not friendly to them at all, those people were sensible enough to step aside, not daring to disturb him anymore.Lucas, however, was very different from Jeremy. He was very good at dealing with those people who were flattering him. He raised a glass to them, nodded, and smiled, and he tactfully responded to people who were cozying up to him. However, while he was smiling and chatting with them, he was also exuding a barely noticeable indifference, and he did not smile with his eyes.While Co
Corinne said, "It's Miss Anya."Sorry, she lied!This was because she promised Sunny that she would not tell Lucas that it was Sunny who brought her in.However, if she said no one brought her in, and she sneaked in on her own, not only was this explanation impossible to believe, she might immediately get kicked out. Therefore, she could only lie that it was Anya who brought her in!Only by mentioning Anya, Lucas would be helpless. Even if he was unhappy, he could never bring himself to reprimand his precious sister!'It's Anya who brought Corinne in?' Lucas frowned.It was as Corinne expected, Lucas would not blame Anya; and out of respect for his beloved sister, he did not immediately get someone to come chase her out.Suddenly, Edmund rushed in. After giving it a thought, he saw where his employer was and immediately rushed over. "Mister Lucas, there is a phone call for you. It's urgent!"Lucas impatiently shot a cold glance at Corine, then he held out his hand to accept the
Corrine hurriedly caught up to that figure, and with a lunge, she blocked in front of him.He was a man dressed in a servant's uniform. He was not very young, appearing to be in his 40s."Who are you? Why are you running away?"With his path blocked off, he shook his head a little unnaturally and said, "I am an old servant here, I-I'm not running away. I'm just in a hurry to take some things from the kitchen and bring them to the banquet hall."Corrine squinted her eyes. "It was obvious that you were staring at me in secret, and you only ran off when you were found out by me!"The servant shook his head fervently. "No, I did not!"Corrine raised an eyebrow. "Don't want to be truthful, do you? Then I shall report you as a pervert to the head of your household!"He panicked and quickly said, "No, please don't! I didn't mean any harm!""Then tell me the truth, why were you spying on me just now?""I-I just feel that your side profile looks a lot like the young miss who went missi
Corinne turned a deaf ear to Rosie and continued to walk forward.Rosie, in her high heels, caught up with Corinne and lashed out harshly, "You failed to win Jeremy's heart, Corinne, and you'll fail to win Lucas's heart too! Someone as poor as you can probably only marry those nouveau riches in the countryside."Quit dreaming about winning the hearts of these rich men! Can't you look at yourself and stop trying to snatch away my man or Anya's man?"Corinne nodded curtly. "Fine! No problem! Can you get out of the way now?"Rosie was speechless because of how little of an effect her words had. "What's with the attitude, Corinne?""Didn't I already promise you I won't snatch the men you're after? What else do you want me to do?""You—""Rosie, Corinne," Anya's tender voice interjected, "What are you two arguing about?"Corinne and Rosie looked in the direction of the voice simultaneously and saw Anya dressed in a gorgeous costume. Her exquisitely done hair and makeup made her look
Anya groaned in pain and had a horrified, aggrieved look on her face. "Corinne! W-w-why did you push me?"Rosie was taken aback when she heard that and looked angrily at Corinne. "You're up to no good again, Corinne! What a vicious woman you are, harming Anya time and again!"Corinne's hands were hanging naturally by her sides, and she was stunned when facing the accusations from Anya and Rosie. Her lips twitched slightly, and she let out a soft snort.'Here we go again!'Anya tried every means to get Corinne to go to the birthday earlier, but since there was little success with the present, she pulled off one of her usual tricks.It was the same boring ploy that she used to do in the past.Rosie carefully helped Anya up and asked, "How are you feeling, Anya? Did you hurt yourself?"Anya had tears in her eyes, and she looked rather weak. "Rosie… My foot... It hurts...""Your foot? Oh no… Could it be a fracture? What do we do now?"Rosie checked Anya's foot anxiously, but ther
"Yes, sir!"Anya struggled stubbornly in Lucas's arms, and tears started to well up in her eyes."No... I'm fine, Lucas! I need to perform! I've already told Grandpa I've prepared a special gift for his birthday. He'll be very disappointed in me if I don't show up onstage. You know how long I've taken to prepare this gift, Lucas..."Lucas frowned and chastised, "Be a good girl, Anya! I'll explain the situation to Grandpa for you. Nothing is as important as your health right now, so stop making such a big fuss!"Anya cried, "No, Lucas! I don't want to! I've been looking forward to this for a long time! I don't want to give up now... Let me go, Lucas! I want to go on stage! I want to perform! I swear I'm fine..."Anya flailed about, hindering Lucas from moving forward. Nothing he said could persuade her, and there was nothing he could do about her situation.Rosie looked at the situation, feeling worried about her best friend's injury and the headache that her dream man Lucas had t
Rosie glared at Corinne and said, "Is that so difficult to understand, Corinne? I'm asking you to go onstage and take Anya's place to sing 'A Love Entranced'!"Corinne frowned slightly. "Me? Taking her place for the performance? How is that helpful?"Rosie rolled her eyes confidently and said, "It's very helpful! You'll be using heavy makeup when you're singing on stage, so no one can tell that you're not her if they don't look carefully! You can just go on stage, sing the song as Anya, and we'll treat it as if Anya was the one who came on stage to sing for the old man. No one will notice anything!"After hearing Rosie's idea, Anya pondered it momentarily and soon understood her best friend's intentions. Rosie deliberately tried to make a fool out of Corinne with the performance. It did not take a genius to figure out that a poor country girl like Corinne could never belt out an opera.Corinne's family finances and childhood environment hindered her from taking opera lessons. Once
Corinne was not persuaded and was adamant about refusing.At that moment, Lucas finally said in a stern and impatient tone. "That's enough! Stop causing trouble! If Anya can't take the stage, getting someone else to take her place is unnecessary. Grandpa isn't going to blame anyone. I'll just explain Anya's situation to him."After hearing what Lucas said, Corinne could not be happier to be freed from that pressure.Anya insisted tearfully, "I didn't prepare any other gifts for Grandpa aside from this performance… Even if Grandpa doesn't blame me for not giving him a proper present, it'd still leave him with a bad impression of me in the future. That's why I need to complete the performance for him..."Lucas frowned and gazed down at his stubborn sister. "Listen to me, Anya. Your health is more important than anything. If you want to sing the opera you've practiced for Grandpa, you can always do so another day. There will be more opportunities for you to sing for him in the future!