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
Xante glanced at Aaron coldly and said, "She's scolding you! Don't put me in the same category as you!"Corinne ignored them and looked at the time. She had another hour to go before the work day ended, and she could probably reach Holden Group just in time for Jeremy to clock off if she took a taxi right then.She put down her coffee, got up from the office chair, and said, "Go back to your respective duties. I'll be leaving."Aaron said reluctantly, "Where are you going? Aren't you going to have dinner with us?""I'm heading to Holden Group to pick Jeremy up from work." Corinne waved her hand without looking back and pushed open the door of the president's office.Aaron looked at the door that had been closed shut and shook his head in amazement. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. She's so madly in love with him that it's nauseating!"Xante snapped back to her senses and looked at him in disgust. "Go back to your office and stay jealous here!"Corinne went to a cafe directly opposite the Holden
"Out with it, Annie. Why were you following me?" Corinne asked curtly despite having a good guess of what it was about.Annie pouted. "I... I just wanted to find out where you went, and why you went there alone."Corinne folded her arms slowly. "Why are you so interested in my itinerary? Answer me honestly."Annie felt ashamed because she knew stalking was wrong, but once she remembered that she did all that because of her mission, she puffed her chest and raised her head to ask, "Because… Because I saw you exiting the office of Newmoon Group's president. What's your relationship?"Corinne kept her composure and answered, "We're childhood friends. Is something wrong with that?"Annie was taken aback, in shock and awe. "Childhood friends? How are you childhood friends with Newmoon Group's president? Didn't you grow up in the countryside when you were younger?"Corinne looked at her insipidly. "Are you suggesting that people from the countryside can never succeed in starting a comp
Corinne looked at Annie's delicate, fair-complexioned face. 'You're pretty, but your IQ leaves much to be desired.'"You're beautiful, but you're just not his type."Annie blinked. "I'm not? Then what's his type?"Corinne said, "You don't have to worry about that anymore, and you no longer have to seduce him. Jeremy and I are together now."Annie was surprised. "You reconciled with him? When?!""Yesterday." Corinne nodded. She glanced at the time before turning to look at the Holden Group's entrance."It's only been a day, then. Still, I'm glad you reconciled with him! I can rest at ease for a while now, or I'm worried he'd start to suffer from depression!""Don't you think your impression of him is a little too fragile? Even if I don't reconcile with him, he wouldn’t go so far as to get depressed and mope over it!"Annie said very seriously, "He will, I swear! My uncle cares about you too much! You have to believe me on this! He'll get depressed without you by his side, so you