Annie excitedly said, “Uncle Jeremy must’ve come all the way here to see you, but he’s too embarrassed to come up here. Older men and their fragile masculinity, am I right? Let me call him up!”

After staring at Jeremy for a few seconds, Corinne reached out to close the curtains. “He’s not welcome here.” Out of sight, out of mind.

Corinne’s indifference made the excitement on Annie’s face disappear. She pouted helplessly and secretly opened the curtains to take a peek. Jeremy and the car were both gone. ‘Why did he have to leave so quickly? Can’t you stand there a while longer just to show your sincerity?’

Corinne did not feel like lying down again after being pulled out of bed. “Didn’t you say you wanted to eat? Let’s go and eat, then.”

Annie nodded and forced a smile. “Yeah! Let’s eat.”

Corinne came out of the room and went to the dining room where she took her seat at the main seat of the table.

Annie no longer felt that awkward when she sat next to Aaron.

chatted for a moment and started to dig into the food. Annie managed to produce some delicious food with her excellent cooking skills. She became a little embarrassed when

asked, “Hey, Corinne, will

on his plate and hinted to

had asked an

glanced at him and said, “What are you

then technically, I’m the baby’s godfather too! That means I’ll have a godchild! I never thought I’d ever get a godchild

Everyone was speechless.

and was unable to wrap her head around how a mature, independent woman like Xante would fall in love with a bumbling idiot

awkward after Sunny’s remark, but fortunately for everyone, the doorbell

up and said, “It must be Uncle Jeremy! He probably can’t hold himself from wanting to meet Corinne! I’ll open the door!” She immediately

see her reaction. Corinne merely staggered slightly while she was taking some more food, and there did not seem to be any special

Annie opened the door, her smile gradually disappeared. Her eyes were filled with

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