"Mister, did I get everything right?" Corinne turned to look at Jeremy with a raised brow.Jeremy fixed his eyes on her. "How do you know all this?"Corinne smiled and lifted his chin cheekily. "Because I was the girl who saved you back then!"Jeremy's eyes widened in shock. He grabbed her wrist and asked, "It was you?"Corinne nodded. "Yup. You were gone when I brought you a roll of bun on the last day. I thought you had been taken off by the wolves, so I buried a few more buns on the spot to commemorate you."Jeremy was speechless. He frowned and looked at her in disbelief. 'It was her all along! No wonder I've never gotten the sense of honesty from Anya…'Corinne tilted her head. "What's the matter, Mister? You don't seem happy at the news."Jeremy snapped out of his shock. He felt immensely happy at the wonderful fate he shared with Corinne. He kissed her hand and asked seductively, "Have you known about this for a long time? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"Corinne pouted.
Corinne slowly walked from Jeremy's arms and stood in front of Anya. Crossing her arms nonchalantly, she said, "You're right. I don't have physical evidence like the bracelet, but I have the same memory as Jeremy."Anya refused to give up. "It's normal to miss a few details when the incident happened so long ago! I was the one who saved Jeremy, not you! I might not have remembered the details, but I'm pretty sure you got lucky with the guesses."I remember everything now. I only brought Jeremy a roll of bun every day because I didn't want my family to find out I'd been sneaking out. And from what I know, you didn't even live in the town near the mountain at the time Jeremy was hurt. There's no way a little girl like you back then could've gone somewhere so far away from home, so this just proves that you're lying."Corinne smiled. "Miss Anya, you're a stubborn one, aren't you? Well, let me tell you everything that happened back then. I was brought up in a covenant, and Mother Cathri
Seeing that her tears were not working, Anya glared at Corinne. "No… No! You're the one who's lying! This is all a setup! This is all part of your evil plan to hurt me! I'm going to make you pay!"Anya finally showed her true colors; she no longer had to pretend since everything was out in the open. She rushed toward Corinne with her hand stretched out, wanting nothing more than to strangle her.However, Jeremy grabbed her wrist before she could even get close to her. "What do you think you're doing?!" he asked threateningly.Anya did not dare to go crazy on Jeremy, so she broke down and cried. "Jeremy, you mustn't believe a word of this woman! She's only a country bumpkin who wants to turn her fate by getting you to marry her. That's why she's trying to drive us apart… She thinks I'm getting in the way of her plans, so you mustn't believe her!"Jeremy was appalled by her lies, but he was still a gentleman through and through. Not wanting to raise her hand against her, he flung her
'And my own mother spiked the pomegranate juice with something that can induce miscarriage to get rid of Corinne's baby! I shouldn't have drank that pomegranate juice; I wouldn't have ended up in this hospital! Both Anya and my mom aren't the kind-hearted people I thought they were… It was all an act!' thought Sunny.Corinne could tell Sunny was suffering a heavy blow to his fragile heart. She shook her head helplessly and said, "Mister Sunny, I hope you get better soon and…come away from this with more wisdom."Sunny frowned unhappily at Corinne. He wanted to say something but decided to stay silent. No word would ever make up for the wrong Anya and Phoebe did to Corinne."Let's go, Mister." Corinne locked her hands with Jeremy's, and the two of them walked out of the room hand-in-hand.However, they had not even gotten two steps out when Anya grabbed Jeremy's sleeve. "Don't go, Jeremy… I… I can explain… Things aren't as Corinne says they are."Corinne yawned before glancing at A
"Lucas! Lucas…!"Anya collapsed onto the floor and kept crying. 'Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! It's all over for me!'The 'good girl' image she so painstakingly built over the years was destroyed in an instant by Corinne. She was out of ideas as even Lucas turned his back on her, too!Phoebe started to panic when she saw her daughter, who everyone used to pamper, was rebuked by everyone. Her heart broke when she saw how hard Lucas slapped Anya.She looked unhappily at Maxwell. "Say something, Maxwell! Didn't you just see how Lucas slapped Anya? As their father, shouldn't you do something about it?!"Maxwell sat there calmly. His face had lost its youthfulness, but in return, he looked like he gained a certain acceptance of life."The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. This is all karma, so you have no one else to blame but yourself."Phoebe's face paled. "Maxwell! How can you talk like this about me and Anya? Haven't I always given the best to your family? What have I done for you to tre
Phoebe and Anya were shocked by Sunny yelling at them.Maxwell simply got up calmly and picked up his jacket that hung from the back of the chair. "Get well soon, Sunny. Press the call button if you need anything, and a nurse will come for you."He then walked toward the door, and on his way there, he said to Phoebe, "You should let your son rest if you want him to get better."He was out of the door by the time he said the last word.Phoebe frowned. With Anya having lost Lucas' trust, Sunny was Phoebe's only hope to stay in the family. Thus, she dared not provoke Sunny anymore, and she quickly dragged Anya out with her.Maxwell was nowhere to be found once the two of them got out of the room. Instead, they saw the bodyguards Lucas arranged to stand guard by Sunny's door.A wave of exhaustion washed over Anya as she finally calmed down. She slumped down on the chair and said anxiously, "What should we do now? Even Lucas doesn't believe me anymore! And I'm pretty sure Jeremy won't
"Corinne!"Corinne heard someone shout out her name just when she was about to get into the car. With one foot inside, she turned to look around and saw Lucas striding toward her."Corinne, a moment of your time, please? There's something I'd like to tell you in private," said Lucas softly.Corinne raised her brow a little. After considering it, she turned to Jeremy and said, "Mister, can you go buy me a bottle of yogurt drink at that convenience shop over there? I suddenly have a craving for it."Jeremy knew Corinne was trying to steer him away. He would not have allowed her to speak privately to a man if this had happened in the past, but it was different since he knew Lucas was her brother.They were long-lost siblings, and since Corinne was willing to speak to Lucas, Jeremy felt like it was not in his place to prevent her from doing so. Thus, he gently ruffled Corinne's hair and said, "Alright, then."He thus walked slowly to the convenience store in front of them.Lucas mad
Corinne's response took Lucas aback, but his eyes were then filled with admiration for his long-lost sister. 'The difference between her and Anya is quite stark. This is what my sister should be like—an independent woman who's not afraid to love and let go at the same time! Anya only knows how to cry and act like a damsel in distress. I must be blind in the past to not see what a drama queen she was.'He took a deep breath before asking, "Corinne, did you come to work for me because you wanted to find out why Mom left our home with you?""Yup, that's right," admitted Corinne. There was no reason to hide it as everything had come to this point.Lucas sighed. "You don't need to do that anymore. I'll tell you whatever you want to know."Corinne narrowed her eyes and said mockingly, "You'll tell me? Hah! You're just going to tell me Mom made a mistake and was caught in bed with another man, and that's why she was kicked out of the house."Lucas frowned. "I didn't want to believe that