Chapter 141

The pain from getting scalded was more unbearable than other injuries. It was the type of pain. that was not abrupt but a slow burn instead. The burning sensation would remain that it was possible to ignore.

Corinne nodded. “I had to do everything myself when I lived in the countryside. That meant chopping the wood, making the fire, and boiling water. At first, I didn’t know how to do it and ended up burning myself. It was so painful that I couldn’t sleep for the whole night!”

Jeremy’s eyebrows furrowed at this. Unknowingly, his eyes looked worried. “When did you start doing all that?”

Corinne answered faintly, “I can’t remember.”

Very often, she refused to talk about her childhood. If she accidentally brought it up, she would stop the topic immediately.

Jeremy placed his hand on top of her head and patted her like a little pet. “Did you have a bad childhood?”

“It’s not that bad.”

you anyway: my family is very greedy. If they know about you and me, I’m not the only one in trouble. It’ll bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to you too, and I believe you won’t want that to happen. Thus, I hope you can work with me and try to avoid letting

cream entered his nostril and affected his mood. He narrowed his eyes darkly. “Is someone in your

“I can handle my family matters, and I don’t think we need to do anything extra for each other. Our relationship is going to end in three months’ time, and we’ll go back to treating each other as strangers like we just

moment, Jeremy’s eyes looked cold and sinister.

forward to that day that she brings it up so often? Treating each other as strangers

indifferently, and said in a deep voice, “Miss Corinne,

burn-aid cream and passed it to him. “Here, take this cream. Remember to apply it twice a day. It’ll recover after a

gloomy expression remained as he made no moves to take the cream. As a result, Corinne had to forcefully shove the cream into his pocket.

none of

Holdens estate. They got down and

to be a loving couple and

room.

while Corinne

while Jeremy smoked for the entire night in

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