“Yeah,” said Corinne simply.

Annie nudged Jeremy with her elbow. “Uncle Jeremy, did you hear that? She was alone for the past six months. Alone!”

She had hoped Jeremy would not misunderstand Corinne so they could sit and have a civil conversation after so long of not seeing each other.

Jeremy chuckled mockingly. “That’s what she said.”

Annie did not understand what Jeremy meant. ‘Why did he say that? Are they really breaking up soon?’

Corinne was visibly irked by Jeremy’s comment. ‘Does he think I’m lying?’

Annie was only trying to lighten the mood, but her attempt at making conversation just seemed to make the whole situation even worse. Thus, she decided to be silent.

in Xante’s

him occupied she could not sit still after her secretary told her Corinne had gotten into Jeremy’s

her?” she asked in a

shook her head. “I don’t know. I only heard them

you let her get into the car without knowing where

so there was no extra seat for me to sit.

took out her phone

when he saw Xante panicking. “Xante, why are you so worried? So what if Corinne got

Jeremy is as

people, but he’s really good to Corinne.

“Well, that’s

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