"Corinne has proven that she's an all-round top student! She can even play the ukulele better than some of the music department's students!""I'm fully convinced in her ability now, and I'll never question her again!""Me, too! I now understand why she's known as an all-round top student! It's no surprise that the dean appreciates her that much!"At the end of the performance, all the students there praised her repeatedly, and not a single one of them was not applauding enthusiastically.Ivanka and her friends, however, had ugly expressions on their faces.Corinne gently put down the ukulele, walked up to the stage, and looked at them. "Now go up on stage and apologize in front of everyone for what you said to the dean."The girl who took the lead in provoking her had a face full of disbelief. "H—How can you play the ukulele so well when you're not from the music department?"Corinne said curtly, "It's no big deal. I happen to have picked it up before."The girl gritted her tee
Corinne snickered. "Fifteen thousand? As your fellow graduate, do you think I'm that easy to get taken advantage of?"Ivanka snorted sarcastically. "But I thought your family was rich, Corinne. If you can donate a building to the school, why can't you pay for a ukulele?"Corinne narrowed her eyes. "What if I don't pay?""If you don't…" Ivanka glared at her and threatened harshly, "Then don't blame me for involving the police! This ukulele has your fingerprints on it, and everyone saw you playing it earlier! You won't be able to escape!"Corinne shrugged her shoulders indifferently. Ivanka was obviously upset after failing to get the limelight earlier and was merely there to cause more trouble.It was a very unclassy act."Go ahead and call the police, then! Once they're here, they can check if your ukulele is an antique, determine if it's worth that much, and decide whether your behavior falls under extortion."Ivanka was stunned for a moment, and she had a flustered expression
"Don't cry. You won't look pretty anymore if your tears smudge your makeup."Zeke gracefully took out a handkerchief from the inner breast pocket of his jacket and wiped Ivanka's tears skillfully and gently.Ivanka's heart throbbed like mad when a handsome, noble man showed such concern for her. She felt even more convinced of her attractiveness.'He must be the Prince Charming who came to save me!' she gushed inwardly.She moved a little closer to Zeke's arms and said in a coquettish manner, "Thank you. I'm fine now.""I'm very happy to hear that." Zeke pursed his lips and gently placed the handkerchief in her hand. "I heard someone playing the ukulele from the next room. It was such a marvelous tune. Was it you who played it?"Ivanka's expression froze, and she did not know how to answer that. By telling the truth, she would only give that d*mn Corinne another chance to shine in front of her Prince Charming. After thinking about it, Ivanka deliberately gave him a vague reply, "
The man's rear figure was tall and slender, and as the petite girl followed him obediently, one could see the stark contrast of a visually adorable height difference....Ivanka squatted on the ground and wept. It was such a shame that her ukulele was destroyed in such a manner.She thought that crying like this would get the pity of the handsome man who wiped her tears earlier, but no one came to her aid even after she had been crying for some time!As soon as she looked up, she saw only the Prince Charming's handsome back.'Argh! Why is that handsome guy leaving, too?! Doesn't he care that I'm in such a miserable state?' Ivanka hurriedly got up and chased after him. "Sir, please wait..."Zeke stopped, smiled, and glanced askance at her. "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"Ivanka was blank and felt a little awkward. 'Am I seeing things? My Prince Charming is obviously smiling, but he seems so much more indifferent than before.'"Uh… Sir, I'm here to return your handkerchi
"You flatter me," Corinne responded absent-mindedly without raising her head.Jeremy rested his forehead on one hand and glanced at her from the side. "Have you learned it before?"His question was an inquisitive one because it defied common sense that Corinne could play the ukulele so well. Although he had chosen her to be his missus purely by chance, he had sent someone to investigate her background after that chance meeting.Although the Carews were regarded as a middle-class family, Corinne was an illegitimate daughter who did not receive much in the way of care. She was sent to the countryside to be raised by relatives since she was young, and the worrying environment of her upbringing meant she hardly had any means to learn any musical instruments. Yet, that piece she played at the gathering earlier was simply beyond the reach of anyone without a solid foundation of seven or eight years.She was so full of contradictions that he could not help but wonder if there was more to
"Why would you play the ukulele for them, then?"Corinne pursed her lips. "You think I wanted to play for them? Some of the girls accused me of having an affair with the dean, which caused a misunderstanding among the students. The culprits will only apologize if I play the ukulele, so I had to put on a good performance! I respect the dean very much, so it's important to me that his name isn't tarnished."After hearing that, Jeremy turned to gaze intently at her before leaning closer all of a sudden. "Why didn't you clarify to them about me?"Corinne was startled when his handsome face, which looked attractive from every angle, leaned over so suddenly. Her breathing stopped, and she wondered to herself, 'What is he doing?!'"Ahem! Clarify what, exactly?"Jeremy's charmingly enigmatic eyes seemed to drag people deep into the depths of an abyss. He lowered his body even more as he said, "Clarify that I'm not some sugar daddy but your husband instead."The word 'husband' made Corinn
Sherlyn's shocked tone prompted Marvin and Lilliana to look out of the car window together.Lilliana rolled her eyes and said, "Look, Marvin! That is Corinne! Is that man her partner? Corinne's a young woman, and it's already very late. Why is she wandering around outside with a man? That's not very good, is it?"Marvin frowned in displeasure, firstly because of how inappropriate it was for his daughter Corinne to be alone with a man at such a late hour, and secondly because he saw Corinne walking into the train station entrance with that man. From his angle, all they could see was the man's back profile and not his face. However, Marvin, Lilliana, and Sherlyn had only one word for that man—poor.Sherlyn sighed and pretended to be worried for them as she said, "Dad, why did Corinne get a boyfriend who goes around using the train? She's not showing any improvement over the men that Mom introduced to her before. Those men all have houses and cars!"Lilliana joined in with her daughte
Jeremy was not angry, though. He curled his lips into a slight smile and followed Corinne in. After a while, Tommy called back, "Sir, I've found it! You should buy a ticket to—""It's been settled," Jeremy replied, then hung up without waiting for Tommy to finish.Tommy was left in a daze on the other end of the line, and he did not know what to think after what happened....Corinne walked slowly as she led Jeremy to the waiting area, and she could not help but laugh when she saw him hang up on Tommy.When the man heard her giggles, he stared at her coldly and asked, "What are you laughing at?"Corinne smiled and said, "I was wondering if rich people like you will end up forgetting how to live if you go bankrupt."Jeremy frowned. "You enjoy making fun of me?"Corinne could not bother to show him any courtesy and nodded honestly. "Yeah! I just took a picture of you standing helplessly in front of the ticket vending machine. I'm going to show it to Grandma once we're home!"Blu