"We destroyed the DNA report as soon as we had read it… because we didn't want to leave any trace of our crime. Mister Lucas… are you okay?" asked the nurse fearfully.Lucas' face was stiff with rage. "Let me ask you one more time. Are you sure the DNA test says Corinne and I are brother and sister?""Yes. A hundred percent sure because losing the bet means I have to resign from the hospital so I made sure to read and reread the result and it says on the report as clear as day that you and Miss Corinne are indeed brother and sister."Lucas fell into a shocked silence when he heard that. After a long while, he let go of the nurse who immediately broke into tears after that. Lucas' hands were trembling non stop as he was still reeling from the shock of the news.All this while, he thought the reason he could not bear to hurt Corinne was because she had saved Cedric from getting beaten up by the influencer before. That was why he continued to show her mercy again and again.Edmund, t
'All these years I've been searching for Luna and she happened to be right under my nose. Oh, how god loves to play around with my life,' thought Lucas."That means I, her own brother, had not only wronged her again and again but teamed up with others to hurt her, bully her, pour coffee over her, and even forced her to get rid of the baby inside her belly!" moaned Lucas regretfully.Edmund just stood there. He was at a complete loss at what to do. "Umm… Mister Lucas, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself since you had no idea Miss Corinne was actually Miss Luna…"'I'm so glad I finally found her but I won't blame her if she doesn't accept me as her brother… not after all the things I did to her,' thought Lucas. He rested his forehead in his palm and took a deep breath. "Where is Corinne now?""She went back with Jeremy and they should be sleeping right now."Lucas nodded blankly. "I want to see her tomorrow. Make it happen.""Yes, Mister Lucas."Lucas looked up at him and said wo
Jeremy roared with laughter. He had won this round. He reached out his hand and booped her on the nose. "Alright, alright. I'll stop here. I need to go to work anyway so that we'll have enough money to raise the baby."Corinne rolled her eyes at him. "That's more like it."Jeremy tousled her messy hair before throwing off the blanket. He then went to the closet to get his clothes. "You should get out of bed to have your breakfast and for lunch you'll only need to let Bowen know what you wish to eat and he will ask the kitchen to make it for you. As for dinner, wait for me to come back so that we can have it together."The bed immediately became more spacious after Jeremy got out of it. Corinne laid back down and stretched her whole body out like a lazy cat as she absent-mindedly said, "Okay, I got it."Jeremy kept nagging her to be mindful of what she put into her mouth since she was not only feeding herself but the baby too. 'He's certainly different from when I first met him. I s
After coming out of the bedroom, Jeremy checked the time on his watch. "Let her sleep for now. You have my permission to wake her up at ten so that she could have her breakfast," said Jeremy to Bowen, who was standing not far away in anticipation of his orders.Bowen bowed and nodded deferentially. "Yes, Mister Jeremy. You can rest assured Ma'am would be well taken care of.""Good." Jeremy then strode toward the staircase but he stopped when he came to the first flight down. He turned his head around and added, "Make sure she doesn't eat too much junk food or cold drinks."Bowen had never seen this side of Jeremy so he was understandably shocked. After a while, he finally said, "Okay, I'll make sure of that."Jeremy found himself to be missing Corinne even before he left the house. He had never missed someone so much in his life. 'So this is how it feels to love someone so much that you can't even bear to be a second apart from her…'Corinne's sudden disappearance previously had l
'Gah! I hate her so much!' thought Francine. She stood with her arms akimbo and shouted, "Hey, you! Put on some clothes and get up from the bed now!""Why should I?" Corinne asked with a quirk of her eyebrow. She went back to her phone after throwing an indifferent glance at Francine. She was not surprised by her sudden appearance in her room because she heard everything that went outside the room just moments ago."You're asking me why? Well, let me tell you why! As a woman of the Holden family household, you're prohibited from staying in bed past a certain time. Tsk, I guess what they say is true. Poor people are poor because they're lazy," replied Francine.Corinne chuckled wryly. "I married your brother, not you. What makes you think you can control me when he can't even control me?"Francine glared at her and said haughtily, "And what makes you think I can't control you? You can't fool me into thinking you're really my sister-in-law since I know the two of you aren't really ma
Francine sneaked a peek at Corinne, who was yawning lazily on the bed. No way could she put down her pride and apologize to that country hick. "Jeremy, I…""It's either you apologize to her or you pack up your things," said Jeremy coldly.In the end, Francine's fear of her brother overpowered her unwillingness to apologize to Corinne. She immediately conceded defeat and bowed her head toward Corinne. "Sorry, Corinne. I shouldn't have said all the things to you and I promise to not make the same mistake again. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me… and ask Jeremy not to send me away."Corinne looked sideways at her and waved her away. "Give me back the phone. You're dismissed."'I'm dismissed?! Who does she think she's talking to? The maids?' Francine nearly blew up at Corinne's impudence but alas, she could not since Jeremy was still watching her every move from the phone.Not daring to go against Corinne's wishes anymore, she docilely passed the phone to her before l
Francine frowned unhappily and said, "All you care about is Corinne this and Corinne that. Why don't you ever ask if I'm okay?"Bowen was shocked into silence by her sudden outburst.Francine's recent humiliation caused her to lash out at Bowen and the servants. "Huh! You would do well to remember you work for the Holden and not the Carew! What an ungrateful bunch of jerks you all are… siding with an outsider instead of me."Bowen thought it was wrong for her to say that but still he kept quiet. 'It's not like I'm purposely siding with Ma'am…. Miss Francine shouldn't have barged into her room like that in the first place.' The other servants thought the same way as Bowen — that Miss Francine had really gone overboard this time.Francine went back to her room in a huff and the more she thought about what happened, the angrier she became so she decided to call Anya to vent her anger. Her call quickly went through and Anya's usual gentle voice could be heard from the other side of the
After Anya went out, the nanny kept patting Joey on the back to calm him down. "There, there, little guy. There's no need to be scared anymore 'cause your mommy has left the room already."It was only then Joey dared to turn around and his crying gradually subsided once he had confirmed Anya was, indeed, not in the room. Seeing this, the nanny sighed. It was quite obvious to her that Anya did not love Joey at all since she would only pretend to care about him when there were other people in the room with them and when there were not… she would show her true colors.'Poor Joey… Not only did he lose his parents at such an early age, but when everyone thought he was set for life on account of being adopted into a wealthy family, his mother only sees him as a means to achieve her goal. Sigh… It wouldn't surprise me if his life only gets harder from now on,' thought the nanny.…Meanwhile, back at the Holden's estate.Corinne was woken up from her sleep by the sound of a ringing phone.