Corinne followed Anya to a large, bright room decorated lavishly in a unique style. Everything inside the room looked expensive but not ostentatious. Out of all the rooms Corinne toured, she felt the most comfortable in this room. Without needing Anya to tell her, she had a good idea who the room belonged to.Still, she asked with a raise of her head, "Whose room is this?"Anya kept her smile in place while her eyes filled with contempt. "This room used to belong to a wanton woman in the family. It's been empty ever since she left since everyone thinks it'll bring them bad luck if they set foot in this room."Anya's answer assured Corinne of her guess. It was not hard to guess the room used to belong to her mother since it was decorated in her artistic style.Corinne narrowed her eyes at Anya. "This room has the best natural lighting out of the rooms you showed me. Yes, even better than your parents. I'm guessing only someone very important in your family could've lived in a room l
"Corinne, are you alright?"Anya suddenly swatted the music box from Corinne's hand, and it fell to the floor with a thud. The two little bears broke into pieces, and the music ceased swiftly.Corinne snapped out of her trance and looked at the broken music box sadly. She then bent down to pick up the pieces."God, why am I so clumsy? What a pity that the music box broke…" muttered Anya in an act-cute manner.Corinne ignored her. She turned the music box in her hand to try to make it play again, but alas, it was irrevocably broken."Be careful, Corinne. You wouldn't want to cut your hand on those broken glasses now, do you? Wait here. I'll go ask the servant to clean it up," said Anya. She then strode out of the room.Corinne continued to ignore her. She kept staring at the broken music box in her hands. 'I remember this song…and this room, too…'…Anya looked at her watch again after walking out of the room. Then, she smirked smugly before going downstairs.Lucas walked in th
Anya's scream pulled Lucas out of his thoughts. He immediately looked around and saw the door to Luna's childhood room, which was off-limits to everyone, was open. From outside the door, they could see Corinne squatting on the floor, holding the music box in her hands dazedly as though thinking of something.She slowly turned to look at Lucas and Anya when she heard Anya talking to her.Immediately after, Anya screamed again, "My goodness, Corinne! Why did you break my sister's music box? That was her favorite!"Corinne was unsurprised by Anya's false accusation at all. She simply stood up and calmly said, "I wasn't the one who broke it."Anya pretended to look shocked. She then snatched the broken music box from Corinne's hand to take a closer look, even though she was the one who broke it in the first place. "Oh no… It's really broken. What should we do?"After saying that, she turned to Lucas and said woefully, "I'm so sorry, Lucas. This is all my fault. I shouldn't have gone d
Lucas' eyes darkened. In them, Anya could see irrevocable sternness and authority. Although she had been spoiled by Lucas since she was little, she still feared him when he was serious like this."Well…just be nice to Corinne, then. Don't get angry at her because she entered Luna's room by mistake and broke her favorite music box. I'll go see Joey now…" said Anya.Even while she had no choice but to leave, she wanted him to remember what took place. Alas, she did not get the result she wanted.…Corinne did not plan to stay a second longer in the room. "Mister Lucas, I'm sorry for coming in here. I'll show myself out, but you should know that I didn't break the music box."She then walked out of the room, but Lucas stopped her by grabbing her arm. "This room is off-limits to everyone, and no one can enter without my permission."Corinne frowned. "So? Why don't you just come out straight with how you're going to punish me for coming in here without your permission?"Lucas closed
Corinne raised her eyebrow and smirked at Lucas. "What makes you think I care about how you treated me before?"Lucas fell silent. He hated himself so much for how badly he treated Corinne, and it would make sense if Corinne would not want to accept him as her brother. As much as he knew Corinne wanted to do with him or the entire Rivera family, he wished for nothing more than for her to come back home so he could make amends.Lucas sighed and asked gently, "Corinne, what can I do to make you forgive me and to make you come home?"Corinne was unmoved by his rare display of submission, even though it was so different from his usual arrogant attitude."Mister Lucas, I've said that I don't blame you for all the misunderstandings or how you treated me. To me, you were just a stranger who happened to share the same blood with me, and now, we're just acquaintances at the most. And as strangers, I find it normal that you'd be suspicious or even hate me, so there's no need to lower your pr
Lucas nearly called Corinne 'Luna' again but quickly stopped since he did not want to anger Corinne any further. "Ahem! I'll get you when it's dinner time, Corinne."Corinne decided to take him up on his offer. "Very well, then. Thank you. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to rest. Can you please go out?"Lucas stared at her before he turned and walked out of the door, closing the door with the broken music box still in his hand. As soon as he was outside, he instantly noticed Anya acting suspiciously not far off.Frowning, he walked over and asked, "Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be taking care of Joey?"Anya started to panic when she saw Lucas walking over to her. Unable to hide, she had no choice but to explain, "Lucas, I was worried you'd blow up at Corinne for breaking the music box, so I decided to stay and—"Lucas' face darkened. "I won't blow up at her, so stop worrying about other people and go look after Joey!"Anya frowned. "Why did you come out alone? Where's C
However, Anya did not give up."I promise it won't take long. I just want to ask Corinne a few questions. Lucas won't know if we don't tell him! And even if he did know, he won't blame you."Edmund was unmoved. "Sorry, Miss Anya, but I can't go against Mister Lucas' order. You should also go take care of Joey like he asked you to."'He's only a lowly employee. In fact, he's nothing but Lucas' b*tch! How dare he stop me from doing what I want?' thought Anya angrily.Anya was already in a bad mood from having her previous plan foiled, so she lost all patience in dealing with Edmund. She glared vehemently at him and hissed, "P*ss off, Edmund! I'm going in, no matter what!"Edmund was shocked. He had always thought Anya to be sweet and caring, and this was the first time he had seen this side of her. It stood to reason he found the whole thing hard to believe.At that moment, Corinne opened the door and stepped out. Seeing this, Anya faked a grin. "Oh hey, Corinne! You're opening the
Edmund looked at Anya's retreating figure in confusion. 'What's the matter with Miss Anya today? Where did the usual soft, caring, and kind girl go?'…Anya was beyond furious. Not only did Corinne steal the man she loved but also her brother who had always seen her as the apple of his eye! She could not, for the life of her, figure out why Lucas would respect Corinne so much.'I thought Lucas would always take my side since he hates Corinne so much…'Joey had just woken up and the nanny was feeding him some oatmeal when Anya reached his room. He immediately hid in the nanny's arms when he saw Anya come in.Anya was already in a bad mood, but seeing the trembling Joey in the nanny's arm worsened it. 'Why, that brat! What's the use of keeping him now?'She walked over and extended her hand to the nanny. "Give that bowl to me. I'll feed him. You can leave the room now."The nanny hesitated before placing the bowl in Anya's hand. She then plucked Joey from her arms and put him in t