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.
Bowen followed her to the dining room. Once there, he took a step before her and said, "Ma'am, here's your bre… Huh?"What he saw shocked him for there were two women eating the breakfast specially prepared by the nutritionist for Corinne."Miss Francine, didn't you already have your breakfast? Why are you eating Ma'am's breakfast?" Bowen asked with a frown.Francine continued eating while she said, "Oh, I didn't know this was her breakfast. The food has been sitting out here without anyone touching them so I thought the kitchen made it for my friend who has so graciously come to visit me. Plus, it would be a shame if the food went cold before anyone got to enjoy them.She then piled on some bacon on Anya's plate. "Here, Anya. It's so rare for you to drop by our house so make sure you eat more, 'kay?" While doing that, she secretly threw a provocative glance at Corinne.As for Anya, she ate one bite after another as though showing off to Corinne who Francine's favorite person was.
While Francine was spouting all that nonsense, Corinne had already sat down in the living room. She shut out Francine's voice and started ordering for takeout with her phone.Francine was incensed that her words had no effect on Corinne so she raised her voice even more and said, "Say, why is it taking her so long to order takeout? Could it be that she's so poor that she has no choice but to choose the cheapest takeout?"Anya could not hold back her laughter anymore but she quickly composed herself and said fakely, "Francine, don't be so rude. We should respect other people's lives, no matter how they choose to live."Francine rolled her eyes and scoffed. "I'm just saying it like it is. A country bumpkin like her can never compare to us socialites. Even if she manages to seduce my brother using her beauty, she'll never have the same worldview or values as us so my bet is their relationship will never last long. It's time for her to wake up and get out of this house!"Corinne did no
Jeremy simply ordered Anya to put her clothes back on and left the room. Anya knew Jeremy was not the type of guy to sleep around since she had witnessed the length he would go to to uphold his own principles. However, she could not understand why Jeremy was willing to let go of his principles for someone like Corinne.Suddenly, Corinne received a call from an unknown number. She thought the delivery person had arrived so she answered the call without reservation. "Hello?"However, no sound came from the other side of the phone for a good long while."Hello? Who is this? Can you hear me?" Corinne asked with a frown."Yes… I can hear you…" The cold and awkward voice was that of a man's and Corinne immediately recognized it to belong to Lucas.Corinne was a little surprised that Lucas would actually call her using his own private number. She glanced at the scheming Anya beside her, wondering if Lucas was calling her for his sister's sake again.She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why