“What? Uncle Jeremy isn’t here? Why are you here, then?” asked Annie in confusion.

“He asked me to stay here to protect Miss Corinne.”

Annie’s lips twitched. “Oh my god, he’s hopeless! Doesn’t he know that what Corinne needs now is for him to spend time with her instead of asking you to stay to protect her? Ugh. You know what? Forget it! I’m going to see Corinne now.”

After that, she went into Corinne’s room with a box of chocolates in her hand.

Tommy sighed helplessly. He then texted Jeremy, [Mister Jeremy, are you going to visit Miss Corinne later?]

A few minutes later, he received a reply from him. [Did she say she wants to see me?]

[No. She didn’t say anything.]

[Okay. All you need to do is keep an eye

again.

just put away his phone when he saw Annie walking

handed him some chocolates. “Here, these are

“Oh, it’s okay, Miss Annie. Please keep them

without eating or resting. She even told me to get you a chair and something to

a chair from the dining table before running back to the kitchen

gesture. ‘Miss Corinne might not welcome me here, but she

it must be hard working for a greedy capitalist like Uncle Jeremy,” said

never stopped me from having a break or going out for lunch. I was the one who didn’t want to go

can’t imagine how hard it is to work for Uncle Jeremy. I mean, I can, since I used to work with him before. Once was enough for me, though—he’s colder and meaner than usual when he’s working.

was once again

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