"You knew?" asked Lucas with shock."Yup," said Corinne nonchalantly."When did you know?" asked the confused Lucas."Not long after I met you."Her answer confused him even more. "Then why didn't you tell me?"Corinne curled her lips into a mocking smile. "Would you have believed me if I told you then? Haven't you always seen me as a wanton social climber? Think about it… What would you think if I suddenly tell you I'm actually the long-lost sister who you've been looking for all this time? You'll most likely see me as a devious woman who's willing to lie and cheat my way into your family, right?"Lucas' immediately tensed up because he knew he had behaved absolutely horribly toward Corinne in the past. "I admit I did hold some biases against you then and I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry, Corinne. Can you please accept my apology?"Corinne put down her spoon and waved her hand. "No. Don't say sorry to me, Mister Lucas. This isn't like you. You should just let things stay a
Corinne looked at him cordially. "Do you still remember when I used to work in Rivera Group for a few days before you fired me?"At the mention of that, Lucas became filled with shame and he quickly said, "You can come back to work for Rivera Group if you want. I'll give you any position you want and you can start at any date of your choosing.""Oh, you're mistaken, Mister Lucas. What I meant to tell you is I hope you can pay me the salary you owed for those few days 'cause I don't like working for free," said Corinne with a smile.Lucas did a double take and looked at her with mixed feelings. 'So it's not about the money after all. She just wants to make it clear that we have nothing to do with each other. In other words, she doesn't want to accept me as her brother!'Corinne raised her eyebrow. "What's the matter? You don't want to give me the money?"Lucas snapped out of his shock. "No, that's not it. I'm willing to give you whatever amount you want."He then took out his wall
Lucas narrowed his eyes, walked up to the car, and got into it.Anya and Francine were sitting in the backseat talking about something but they immediately stopped when Lucas got into the car.Anya, who was now sandwiched between Lucas and Francine, turned to him and said, "Oh, Lucas, you're back!"Lucas was exhausted by then. He leaned back on the seat and rubbed the space between his brows. "Didn't I ask you to go home first?"Anya pouted sadly and tried to explain, "You'll be without a car if I go home first so I ask Edmund to wait for you…"To this, Lucas simply made a noncommittal sound before closing his eyes and falling silent.Francine, who could not contain her curiosity anymore, poked her head out to ask, "Lucas, how did the conversation with Corinne go? Did you manage to convince her to leave my brother?"Lucas frowned and opened his eyes to take a glance at her. "You sound like you really want her to leave your brother."Francine nodded. "Yeah! Don't you want that t
Anya was completely shocked because Lucas had never spoken so harshly to her before."But I really, really love him… You of all people should know that…"Lucas knitted his brows together. "It takes two to make a relationship work. Yours is a one-sided love. If the other party doesn't love you, then it doesn't matter what you do, he still won't love you. Why don't you let him go, Anya? Time will heal all wounds and you'll definitely come out better for it."Anya's eyes immediately reddened as tears spilled out of her eyes. "Lucas, what's the matter with you? Did Corinne say something to you? Why does it feel like you have completely become another person? Don't you love me anymore?"No matter how annoyed Lucas was with Anya, there was one thing he could not stand to see and that was her crying. She was still his baby sister after all. 'Maybe I was a little too harsh on her…' he thought.Lucas patted Anya on the shoulder in a bid to comfort her, "Come now, don't cry. I only want wha
At that moment, Lucas wished he could travel back in time to give the old him a slap or two for mistaking Corinne.…Meanwhile, back in the Holdens' mansion.Corinne fished out her phone, which had been vibrating the whole time, from her pocket as soon as Lucas left the house. It was a video call from Jeremy. She had put her phone on silent during the conversation she had with Lucas and now that he had left, she could finally answer the video call.Jeremy's perfect and handsome face appeared on her phone screen as soon as she tapped on the 'Answer' button. "What were you doing just now? Why did it take you this long to answer my call?" he said angrily and coldly.Corinne sat down languidly on the sofa. "I was eating just now.""Eating? With who?" Jeremy asked with a frown.'Someone from this house must have snitched on me!' thought Corinne. She pouted and said a little unhappily, "Don't you already know the answer to that?"Jeremy narrowed his eyes; he decided to drop the prete
"I'll send you the restaurant location later. All you need to do now is to work hard at your job," replied Corinne and before Jeremy could say anything, she had already hung up the phone.The reason Corinne ended the call so quickly was because Francine had just come back from outside and was standing in front of her and glaring at her vehemently. Corinne did not want to worry Jeremy with what was going on at home so she was left with no choice but to hang up the phone.Corinne was unfazed by the way Francine was glaring at her. She curled her lips into a nonchalant smile and asked, "Why are you back? Didn't you say you're going to Anya's place to hang out?"Francine crossed her arms haughtily before sitting down on the sofa. "What I do is none of your business!"Corinne let out a lazy yawn and said, "You're right. It is none of my business but I should warn you, stay away from Anya. She's a bad influence on you."Francine really liked Anya from the bottom of her heart since the t
Corinne then continued, "It's different for you, though. If you want to get married in the future, you'd want a well-matched and wealthy family, yes? Don't you think you'll only embarrass yourself if you were sent back by your in-laws because you're not diligent enough and can't even do basic chores? I'm specifically creating a learning opportunity for you, and I believe you'll be able to do it by starting with your chores.""You..." Francine gritted her teeth, evidently irked. "You're a sly woman, Corinne! I'm not going to do these dirty house chores regardless of what you say today! Hmph!"Corinne remained calm as she said, "If you don't want to do it, that's fine too. This household doesn't need a second idler in this household aside from me, so I'll tell your brother to send you to live with your mom once he comes back later tonight."She came to know about Francine's weakness earlier that morning when Jeremy reprimanded Francine, and it turned out that Francine drew the line at
Aaron shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just curious to know how you took him down."Corinne was speechless.Xante came over with a cup of coffee and kicked Aaron. "Buzz off! Can't you see that she's going over some work-related documents? Why are you bringing up such pointless things?"Aaron patted the side of his trousers that had been kicked, seemingly disgusted by the dirt on the soles of Xante's high heels.Xante placed the coffee cup on the desk and pushed it to Corinne's hand. "Did you really reconcile with Mister Jeremy last night?"Corinne kept quiet.Aaron rolled his eyes. "Tch! You've got some nerve to ask that question after you kicked me for doing the same thing! Aren't you just as curious as I am?"Corinne did not entertain their gossip and turned to the last page of the financial statement in her hand. "Not bad! The financial report for the second half of the year has improved a lot compared to the first half of the year. You've both worked very hard. We still need to