Corinne smiled in a way that seemed polite and a little contemptuous altogether. “Is that so?”

Lucas nodded. “Yeah! What happened with our mother had nothing to do with you! Yes, they did for a brief moment suspect that you were a product of an affair because of the rumors going around, but after they calmed down, they realized how wrong they were.”

Corinne scoffed. “Oh, how nice of them to think that!”

Lucas sighed helplessly when he saw how stubborn Corinne was. His gaze went down to her protruding belly, and the worries of her leaving gripped him again. After thinking it over, he said, “Fine. I won’t talk about the past anymore. But you don’t want to see Jeremy, right? Well, I can guarantee he won’t bother you if you just stay here.”

Corinne was a little taken aback and, to be honest, very tempted by Lucas’ suggestion. She only came back to the city because Jeremy found out her hiding place in the countryside and also because the baby was about to be due.

Even though Jason said he would hire the best doctor to deliver the baby, she was still worried there might be complications during the delivery and that lives would be lost due to lack of hospital equipment.

but then again, she was also worried that Jeremy would

Lucas’ suggestion, the more tempted she was

are you going to tell your family if I decide to stay here? You know I don’t want

worry about that. I won’t tell them who you are. Dad has brought our grandparents abroad to visit some relatives,

word. I hope you can make good on your guarantee to keep Jeremy as far away from me and

not fit to be your brother if I can’t even do something as easy as that,” assured Lucas with

I need to call my friends to let them know, or they’ll

them. I’ll ask the servant to

phone and briefly explained to Xante what happened. As much as Xante thought it was a bad idea for her to move in with Lucas, she knew nothing she said would be able to change

After all, both she and Aaron had a fright of their lives when they

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