“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.]

you need to

sighed again. [Understood,

was panicking even more than Jeremy. He had just put away his phone when he saw Annie walking out of

chocolates. “Here, these are for

it’s okay, Miss Annie.

give them to you. She said you’ve been standing guard here the whole day without eating or resting. She even told me to get you a

chair from the dining table before running back to the kitchen to get him some bread

not welcome me here,

that it must be hard working for a greedy capitalist like

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

at him sympathetically. “Dig in, dig in. I 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

was once again

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