"Just how shameless can you be?!" Annie raised her hand to slap him, but Juan was sharp enough to detect the incoming hand and stopped her.Juan smiled in spite of his anger. "You should be a good girl and marry me, Annie. Don't push me into a corner. You wouldn't want to know what I'm capable of doing if I'm cornered!""Keep dreaming! I'll never marry someone like you!" Annie's eyes were red with resentment, disgusted after seeing Juan's true colors. She would have loved to beat him to death right there if she could.However, her wrist was held in his tight grasp, leaving her unable to jerk her hand free or to land a slap on him.Juan sneered like a pervert. "Aren't you afraid that your nudes will be uploaded onto the internet? If that happens, you'll—"All of a sudden, a tight slap landed right on Juan's face, sending him tumbling back and crashing into the mural in the corridor.Corinne dusted her hands in disgust. "Stupid jerk!"Annie was stunned.Juan's vision turned black
Jeremy helped Annie up and gestured coldly. "Take him away. We wouldn't want Lunar Century Manor's corridors to be tarnished with such lowly vermin!""Yes, sir!" Tommy sent someone to bring Juan away.As Jeremy held his crying niece helplessly, he glanced at Corinne and asked in a stern tone, "Are you injured?"Corinne shook her head. "Thanks for your concern. I'm perfectly fine."At that moment, Zoey hid in the corner of the corridor and saw what just happened. She was deeply attracted to a powerful man like Jeremy as he had all the qualities of her dream husband—wealth, influence, and good looks. What she did not like, however, was that Corinne received the privilege of being saved by him like a knight in shining armor.To her, Corinne would seize any opportunity to dangle herself in front of rich men, and she did not want her to succeed!After giving her next move some thought, she gritted her teeth and rushed out crying, "Miss Annie, I was framed! Don't let yourself be fooled
Corinne had a nonchalant expression. "Yes, and no."Jeremy was still focused on his documents as he turned over a page. "So it is a yes or a no?""Zoey was the one who put up a video, but I recorded their conversation with the cell phone and added it later," answered Corinne truthfully.Jeremy snorted. "I brought you here to be a bridesmaid, but you ruined the bride's wedding on your own accord. How do you plan to explain yourself?"Corinne frowned. "To be honest with you, I know better than to meddle in your family's affairs, but scumbags are the bane of society, and I am duty-bound to end their existence if I see one."Jeremy nearly let out a chuckle as he smirked. "I never took you for a self-styled vigilante."Corinne was filled with righteous anger. "That Juan guy cheated on Annie and even tried to cop a feel when we first met and shook hands earlier. That just shows how degraded that f*cktard's general behavior is! I don't think you'd want your niece to marry that kind of m
After the 'kiss' was over, Corinne pushed Jeremy away at once.She gladly took the painting from Tommy and walked away with her arms held around it. After about two steps, she turned back to give him a wink, even complimenting him, "Thanks, mister! You're super handsome today!"Jeremy's expression was sullen and vague as he pursed his thin lips. 'Did that little snob call me handsome only after I gave her a gift?'Tommy watched Corinne walk cheerfully into the courtyard and unconsciously beamed. "Sir, she's actually...rather cute!"Jeremy shot Tommy a cold look. "Still staring at her, are you?"Tommy looked away in fright. "Ahem! So where are we going next, sir?""The company.""Got it!"-The next day, Corinne received a call from Annie just as she was eating the sumptuous lunch Pamela made for her."Aunt Corinne!"Corinne did not have Annie's number saved, but she recognized Annie's voice and asked, "Why do you have my phone number?""I got it from my uncle!"Corinne was
When Corinne looked up in the direction that Annie was pointing, she spotted Jeremy passing through a glass corridor on the second floor. Beside him was a tall, beautiful, curly-haired woman with a slender waist and long legs.Corinne looked away. Her expression was calm, and so was her tone as she said, "Ignore him."Annie was puzzled. "You're going to ignore that your husband is meeting another woman in private?"Corinne sipped the juice through her straw and indifferently replied, "Yep."Annie had just experienced the scumbag treatment firsthand not long ago, and with the alcohol going into her, she could not bear to see something like that happen again!"No! If you're afraid of being controlling, I'll catch him cheating for you! Hmph! I'm so disappointed in him! He's already married, but he's still out there seeing other women!" Annie raised her fist angrily and went upstairs in a rage.Corinne failed to stop her and could only facepalm. Since Jeremy was probably not going to
A clear, deep, and masculine voice seemingly rang out through the bar's loud beats and reached Corinne's ears.Corinne had just closed her eyes when she heard the person talking to her.The disturbance made her frown unhappily. When she opened her eyes, she saw a rather handsome man with a pleasant smile standing under the glow of the lights.Dressed in black trousers, a white shirt, and no tie, she wondered if he deliberately unbuttoned two of his shirt buttons just to expose a bit of his collarbone.There was a certain elegance in his uninhibitedness that culminated in a mesmerizing charm.Her silence led the man to smile a little more as he asked softly, "Are you alone?"Corinne replied lazily, "Nope."The man then responded with a graceful smile. "Do you mind if I sit here?"He might be handsome, but Corinne did not bother to show him any courtesy. "As a matter of fact, I do."The man froze for a moment as if shocked that a girl would reject him. Nevertheless, he quickly r
The second floor of Twilight hosted high-end sound-proofed private VIP rooms from the noisy bar downstairs. The two floors were practically worlds apart.Corinne's call to Annie went unanswered, and she did not know which room Annie was in.The bar's general manager saw Corinne and came forward respectfully. "Miss Corinne, are you looking for Mister Aaron?"Corinne shook her head and asked, "Did you see which room Annie Levine went to?"The manager said, "I did not. We haven't received anyone from the Levines today."Annie probably did not go through the normal registration process because she sneaked up to follow Jeremy.Corinne thought for a while and asked, "Which room is Jeremy in, then?"The manager answered truthfully, "He's in the Snow Room."The Snow Room was the largest and most luxurious VIP room in Twilight, reserved only for the most elite of guests.Just as she was about to go to the Snow Room to see if Annie was there, Sherlyn's rowdy voice came from behind. "I'm
Even though it was described as a private VIP room, the interior was more like that of an entire floor due to how spacious it was.The lights were dim, and there was a live band playing some music.Everyone was dressed to the nines, and they were all having a good time, with groups of three to five clinking glasses with each other as they chatted and laughed.Corinne glanced across the crowd in search of Annie's figure.All of a sudden, the pink-haired young woman came running toward her. "Hey there, Au—"Corinne stretched out a finger and pressed it on Annie's lips and stopped her from uttering the word 'aunt'. "Call me by name when you're outside!"Annie curled her lip. "Oh, okay! Corinne..."Corinne frowned slightly and examined Annie's body to see if there were any injuries. "What's wrong? Why'd you call me to come up and save you?"Annie hugged Corinne's arm anxiously, turned around, and pointed behind. "It's them! They bullied me!"Corinne glanced over and saw three well