Corinne smiled. “Well, the press conference has ended, so I thought I’d drop by to wrap up a few things with Miss Anya and Miss Phoebe. Though, it seems like I’ve come at a bad time. Should I…come again another day?”

Beatrice quickly waved for her to come in. “Oh, Corinne, you’re always welcome here. Come in, come in! My husband and son were just having a little tiff, and I was just worried that you might’ve been frightened by it.”

Corinne walked over to Beatrice and glanced at Cedric, who was still fuming, before looking up at Maxwell, who was at the stairs.

“Mister Maxwell, you’re a grown man. You shouldn’t argue with Grandpa Cedric so much. It’s really not that nice.”

Normally, Maxwell would simply go into his room even when there was a guest in the house. Because it was Corinne this time, he walked back into the living room.

Maxwell looked at her kindly. “You must be tired after the test. Why not go home to rest now? I saw you dozing off at the press conference. Did you not sleep well last night?”

Corinne chuckled. “You watched the live broadcast of the test, too?”

nodded. “Yeah, I watched it together

Corinne nodded. “Cool.”

living room for Corinne. After snapping out of her trance, she said, “Come sit, Corinne. You too, Maxwell.

on the sofa. “Corinne, please take

she was

them her main purpose for coming when

her head. “I’m not hungry, Mister Maxwell. Please don’t worry

again. Do you

did not like the over-enthusiastically way Maxwell was treating her. “No, thanks. I didn’t come here to look

to spend his day messing with those flowers instead of taking care of the company! Good thing Lucas is old enough to take

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