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
The nanny heard Joey's cries from outside and rushed into his room to check on him."Miss Anya, what's going on? Did Mister Joey make you angry again? He's just a kid… He doesn't know any better. Won't you please forgive him?"Anya was raging. "What are you doing back in here? Didn't I ask you to go outside? How dare a lowly servant like you tell me what to do!"The nanny immediately hung her head low and said respectfully, "I'm sorry, Miss Anya. I didn't mean to…"In a fit of blind rage, Anya slapped her. "What didn't you mean to do? Barge in here? I put Joey in your care, and look at how he turned out now! The moment he sees me, he'll start crying as if I'm a monster. You must've taught him to do that."Covering her cheek with her hand, the nanny tried to explain, "No, Miss Anya. I didn't teach Mister Joey to do that. You're a first-time mother, so it's normal to lose patience sometimes… I'm sure he'll stop being afraid of you if you just show him a little more patience…"Anya
Lucas looked up, and his pupils shrank when he realized Joey was missing from his crib. "Where's Joey?"Anya looked at the crib, too. "Hey, you're right. Where is he? Did he run off with the nanny?"Lucas strode out of the room quickly and asked the servants stationed in the area whether they had seen Joey, but none of them did. He looked around the room once more and saw the balcony door was open. The balcony in that room was linked to all the other balconies on the same floor."He must've gone into the other rooms through the balcony. He shouldn't have gotten far. All of you, split up and look for him.""Yes, Mister Lucas!" said the servants.After that, he went down the stairs.Anya immediately chased after him. "Lucas, where are you going? Aren't you going to look for Joey with me?""I'm sure he's still in the house somewhere, so he should be fine. I need to go to the kitchen now.""Why?""We have an important guest in our house today, and to show our gratitude, I'm going
Anya's eyes lit up when her mother mentioned miscarriages.'She's right. We'll just have to sneak the saffron into Corinne's food at tonight's dinner and, boom! Her baby will be gone!'However, since all of her previous plans came to a fruitless end, she did not feel as confident as she did last time. "But what if someone finds out it's the saffron that caused her miscarriage?" she asked worriedly."Don't worry. I'll just say I did it should anyone find out about it. I can just pretend I didn't know Corinne was pregnant, and that's why I gave her some saffron to try," said Phoebe smugly.Knowing her mother had her back, Anya finally felt at ease."Okay, wait here, Mommy. I'll go get the saffron now. Try to put as much as you can in Corinne's food… I want to see her bleed out all the blood she has."…Meanwhile, in Luna's room.Corinne was resting on the small bed with her head against the headboard. She scanned every corner of the room to see if her memory could be jogged. Howe
However, Corinne had her reason for ending the call so quickly. She heard a noise outside her window, and she did not tell Jeremy because she did not want to worry him.After hanging up, she went to the window and peeked outside. "Is anyone there?"No one replied, which bewildered her as she was certain she heard something.She then looked down, and her pupils dilated when she saw a child hanging precariously from the balcony railing of the next room. He could have fallen!Although they were only on the second floor, it would still be dangerous for such a small child to fall from there."Don't move! It's dangerous!"Without thinking twice, Corinne immediately stepped over the balcony railing to save the child. After grabbing him, she stepped over the balcony railing again and brought him into the room.The child was, of course, none other than Joey—who Anya emotionally blackmailed Jeremy into adopting with her. His head was still thickly wrapped with bandages due to the injury h