Corinne pursed her lips. "You were the one who left in such a hurry without waiting for me!"Jeremy bent over slightly to touch her forehead. "This is my fault again?"Corinne raised her chin. "Well, is it mine?""Okay, okay. It's my fault!" Jeremy pursed his lips and smiled helplessly. "Were you going to come with me to the company?"Corinne shook her head. "No. I was going to ask you to drop me off at the Riveras."Jeremy raised his eyebrow worriedly. "What business do you have going there?"Something would always happen to her whenever she went to the Riveras, so it was understandable for Jeremy to worry about her when he knew she wanted to head there alone.Corinne said firmly, "To deal with all those allegations online. A day has passed, so it's about time I settle everything."Jeremy was startled for a moment before he realized what Corinne meant by that. "Was Anya behind all this?"Corinne nodded. "She does things to the extreme sometimes. Since she can't have you to he
Jeremy would never call Lucas under normal circumstances. The only connection Lucas had with Jeremy was Corinne.'Did something happen to Corinne?' fretted Lucas. He answered the phone right away.After listening to what Jeremy had to say to him, Lucas's pupils shrank, and he said firmly, "Understood. I'll be at home today."When the call was over, Lucas closed his laptop and said to the driver, "Make a U-turn and send me back home."The driver was a little startled to hear that. He thought he had misheard Lucas, thus he repeated, "Does that mean you're not going to the company today?""Yes. Turn the car around and bring me back home.""Understood."Lucas ran into Jeremy when he arrived back home. The latter had just dropped Corinne off.When Lucas saw Jeremy's car, he told the driver to stop at the gate so he could open the door and get off. He immediately walked toward Corinne.Jeremy had just gotten out of the car with Corinne too. He tucked a lock of hair behind her ear an
"I highly doubt the claims made against Corinne online. Besides, why would she orchestrate something like that against me? I'm just an old man! Lucas gave her a check as a token of thanks for saving my life, but she never thought of accepting it!"Beatrice nodded to what her husband said. She had a good impression of Corinne from the first time they met, though that was probably in large part due to Corinne's similarity to their missing granddaughter, Luna.In conclusion, neither of them believed Corinne to be the sort of evil person with bad intentions.Phoebe frowned and shook her head after hearing Cedric's defense of Corinne. "The two of you are being too naive! She obviously wouldn't take the money that Lucas offered her if she was motivated by something else!"Cedric frowned, obviously a little wary of his stepdaughter-in-law's claims. "Tell me, then. What would a young girl like her be motivated by?"Phoebe sighed and said, "The two of you might not have gone to the hospita
Anya was tearing up while she sat beside Phoebe, and Cedric felt a bit of compassion for her when he looked at her.Both he and his wife Beatrice have watched Anya grow up. Though she might be a bit spoiled and stubborn due to her mood swings, she was kind and sensible most of the time. Her character did not fit with the image of a person who told lies.When Phoebe saw that Cedric was beginning to feel swayed by what she said, she quickly followed up with more to say. "When I said that Corinne had other motives for saving you, I was referring to her desire to remove Anya from Jeremy's life. Corinne was Anya's rival in winning Jeremy's heart, so she orchestrated the entire situation to save you and gain your trust. That way, she can creep into our family and find ways to sever Anya's ties with Jeremy."Based on the facts, she has achieved her goal. After she figured out that Anya had saved Jeremy, she made up some details about saving Jeremy that Anya had forgotten and used them to s
Anya was still kneeling on the ground. She was alarmed and displeased to see Corinne standing beside Lucas. "Didn't you go to the company, Lucas? Why did you come back?"Lucas heard everything that Phoebe and Anya said about Corinne. He never liked Phoebe in the first place, and he was even more disgusted after what she felt. There was a stark look of disappointment in his eyes as he looked at his younger half-sister, whom he used to love so much."Corinne mentioned that she wanted to talk to you, so I figured I'd come back and hear what she has to say," Lucas said.Anya stood up from the ground. She blinked blankly and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"Corinne glanced at her uninterestedly and ignored her for the time being. She faced the elderly couple and smiled politely at them. "Grandpa Cedric, Grandma Beatrice, good morning, and sorry for bothering all of you."Phoebe and Anya's provocation led Cedric and Beatrice to somewhat doubt Corinne. However, they still h
Anya turned pale when Corinne revealed the photo of herself meeting Lilliana and Sherlyn. Phoebe saw the photo too, and she had a bad feeling about the whole thing.Corinne showed the photo to Lucas. "Mister Lucas, is this Anya in the photo?"Lucas took Corinne's phone and studied the photo. A frown appeared on his face as he then looked at the pale-faced Anya. "What were you doing there?" he asked her.Anya never thought she would be photographed, given how cautious she had been. 'Both Lilliana and Sherlyn must've aroused Corinne's suspicion!'Anya blinked guiltily. "Lucas, I… I didn't…"Lucas scoffed angrily. "Huh! You didn't, you say? How can you still deny any wrongdoing when you've been photographed meeting Lilliana and Sherlyn?""That photo might be fake, for all we know! Photo manipulation technology is so advanced right now. That photo could've been Photoshopped! I won't even be surprised if she used AI technology to create a deep-fake video about me. Lucas, you mustn't b
'It looks like she's not going to admit her wrongdoing unless I have some irrefutable evidence,' thought Corinne. She put her palm to her face and shook her head. 'Ugh, she and her mother are being ridiculous! The proof is right in front of them, yet they're still trying to worm their way out.'Looking at how helpless Corinne looked, Anya thought she was giving up. "Corinne, you should ask your stepmother and her daughter instead who they met in the park just now and what they got from the stranger. I can assure you that I wasn't the one who met up with them…" she advised kindly.Corinne smiled. "Miss Anya, it sounds like you and your mother will always label incriminating photos and videos of you and her as fake.""No, it's not that we want to label them as fake. It's just that you can't prove they're real, either. Plus, you've always been biased against me because of Jeremy. Not to mention, you see me as your love rival…" said Anya innocently.'Love rival? Ha!' Corinne never saw
They were disappointed Anya lied and was baffled as to why she would do that.Lucas narrowed his eyes at Anya after looking at the surveillance footage. "How do you explain this, Anya? Why is there a traffic record of you driving out of the city when you've insisted you didn't?"Anya became a little deflated when faced with Lucas. "That… That's because I didn't sleep well last night, so I went for a drive to cheer myself up. I thought I'd drive out of the city since it's a quieter route, but that doesn't mean I went to the park!"Corinne scoffed. "Miss Anya, didn't you insist you didn't go out this morning? Why the change in tune of your story? Which is the truth, then? Aren't you just contradicting yourself?"Anya's gaze darted around. "I… I…"Lucas frowned. He had completely given up on Anya."Why did you sneak out of the house and choose a car your family didn't even know you had if you were just going out for a drive to cheer yourself up?" asked Corinne. "Doesn't this just pr