The next day, Corinne arrived at the coffee shop near Starry Bridge at 3 p.m. as she was told. The coffee shop had a simple and elegant design. It was very quiet. There were only a couple and a man with glasses busy working with his laptop in the shop.After picking a place to sit down, she ordered a cup of coffee and a dessert. As she was enjoying her dessert, she started to monitor the people around her.The couple looked like they were on a blind date as they politely asked about each other's favorites and hobbies. There was nothing suspicious about them.The man with the glasses was tapping nonstop on the keyboard, and his eyes never left the screen.Who sent her the text message? Could they not have arrived?"Corinne!"She looked up when she heard a familiar voice. "Mister Richard?"It was her boss, Richard Channing from when she was working as an intern at Alpha Enterprises.Richard had gotten fatter. Corinne felt like she could feel oil squeezing out of his face when Ric
'Lover?'Corinne was dumbstruck. After a while, realization clicked in her mind, and she nearly chuckled. "Oh, I don't know. His wife might try to give me a hard time!"Richard snorted confidently. "You bet! If you want me to keep this a secret, you have to think of a way to make Mister Jeremy agree to work with Alpha Enterprises!"Corinne sighed helplessly. "Mister Richard, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I can't do that. As you said, I'm just his lover. How could I have the power to change his mind regarding his work?"Richard smiled lustfully, scrunching his eyes and brows. "Why not? You girls just need to make a man happy on the bed. He could offer his life to you when he's satisfied."This disgusted Corinne. She sneered, "I don't know how to do that. Why don't you do it yourself? See if he'll listen to you when you satisfy him."Richard was stunned silent, and he exploded with rage. "Corinne Carew! You don't have to pretend you're a good girl with me! I saw your
Corinne respected Jason for being honest in answering. Just as she was about to fight back, however…Jason smiled and stopped her from talking. "Wait, don't answer that. It's going to look bad on me if I continue to bother you when you specifically reject me."From the way Corinne reacted, he was sure she was going to reject him. It was not going to happen, even if she tried to be polite.This startled Corinne. At that point, she had a feeling that this man was very smart."Corinne Carew?" Jason tried to call her full name."Huh?" She had to look up at him because she was enjoying her dessert when he called her.He smiled. "Nothing. I heard this name uttered just now, so I wanted to make sure it's yours. How do you spell it? C-o-r-i-n-e?""No. It's C-o-r-i-n-n-e. Double n," she corrected him."I see. Corinne Carew… What a lovely name. You look very lovely, too but your personality doesn't really match your look," he said.Annoyed, she rolled her eyes at him. This, to Jason, lo
Therefore, Corinne left the coffee shop with Jason and got into his car.Somewhere no one was noticing, a flashlight and a click sound from the camera appeared in a flash.After Jason started the car and drove off, an orange sports car followed them."Tail them."The one driving the sports car was called Felix, Sunny's minion. "Sir," he said, baffled by Sunny's command, "why are we following Mister Jason?"Sunny stretched his hand out and smacked Felix from the passenger's side. "Idiot! Why do you think I'm following Jason? I'm after the woman in his car!"It was a piece of bad news to Felix. "Sir, don't tell me you're in love with Mister Jason's woman!"Sunny knocked Felix's head again. "Bullsh*t! Do you think I'd like that ugly woman? I'm not blind!"Felix scratched his head in confusion. 'That woman isn't ugly at all, though,' he thought.When he and Sunny stalked the pair, he noted how beautiful the woman was: pure and cute, just like a little fairy.Sunny furrowed his ey
Corinne and Jason arrived at an artistic building. He passed the car key to the valet for the valet to park his car. Later, he led Corinne into his art gallery like a gentleman.…The orange sports car was parked somewhere not too far from the art gallery. The people in the car were looking over."Sir, I think they're just here to see the art exhibition," Felix tried reasoning. "They're not having an affair as you think. The relationship between our family and Holdens is already bad. It's just going to make things worse if you continue to stalk Mister Jeremy's newlywed wife!"Sunny thought otherwise. "You know nothing! There's something fishy about them going to the art exhibition alone!"After that, he got out of the car and wanted to continue stalking Corinne in the art gallery, but the staff at the entrance stopped him. "I'm sorry, sir. You'll need to have the invitation card to enter."Sunny frowned unhappily. "I'm a Rivera. My family has been close to the Talbots for many ye
Suddenly, Jason bent down and got close to Corinne's ear. He whispered, "But, if you like them, I can give them to you…as proposal gifts for your hand in marriage."Corinne grimaced and shot him an annoyed stare. She was going to ignore his joke, but as she tried to think of a way to get Jason to sell those paintings to her, an ominous feeling rose in her chest.She frowned, and her expression was looking terrible, too.Jason noticed Corinne was feeling unwell and asked, "What's wrong?"There was sweat coming out of her forehead, and her lips had turned pale. "I'm just…not feeling quite well."Jason looked worried. "Did you catch a cold because of the low temperature in the art gallery?""M—Maybe." She gritted her teeth uncomfortably. She even started to shiver.Jason took off his jacket to put it on her. He said softly, "Let me bring you to the lounge so you can rest. There's no air-conditioner there, so the temperature is slightly warmer.""Thank you."Corinne had a hard tim
At that moment, Corinne raised her head and, spotting Pamela, was stunned. Despite feeling weak, she feebly greeted, "Grandma? Why are you here…?"Before Pamela could say anything, Francine stepped forward with her arms on her waist and scolded, "Corinne Carew! Aren't you ashamed of yourself? The Holdens would never allow a sl*t like you to be part of the family!"Sunny looked pleased with the result and joined in, saying, "Corinne, you're caught red-handed! Stop pretending!"Corinne's eyebrows furrowed. At that moment, she did not have the energy to argue with them.Unlike the others who barged into the lounge, Jason stood quietly and watched them before turning his attention back to Corinne. She looked pale, still. He was amazed by the relationship between her and the people who barged in. Gradually, he connected all the dots.After he helped Corinne to sit steadily, he got up and smiled. "Hello, ma'am. I didn't know you were coming. Why didn't you send someone to notify me in a
When Francine knew her grandmother, Pamela, was going to believe what Corinne said, she quickly cut in. "Grandma, don't listen to her! Don't let her lie to you again. If she was sick, why didn't she go to the hospital? Why did she instead stay in this room with another man? Our family would never allow such a shameless woman into the family. Corinne Carew is a bad person. She didn't just have an affair; she even stole Rosie's watch yesterday. Ask Rosie about it!"Rosie, pretending to be generous and forgiving, shook her head. "Ma'am, I'm fine. It's just a watch, and it's not really that expensive. Though, what Corinne has done now… It's unforgivable. She betrayed Jeremy."Corinne's face was as white as a piece of paper. Still, she managed a smile as she continued to ignore Rosie and the others. Pulling the blanket away from her, she tried to stand up. "You may choose to not believe me, Grandma, but I'd never do anything that would bring shame to the Holdens."It was haunting for Pam