Chapter 148


    Corinne’s eyes were half-opened as she enjoyed Xante’s massage. She said faintly, “A wolf’s been on


    my casetely, and something troublesome always came up. I don’t have my freedom.”


    Xante narrowed her keen eyes from behind the gold-framed sses. “By wolf, do you mean the young


    master from the Holdens?”


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    Jeremy’s face popped into Corinne’s mind. She furrowed her brow and answered annoyedly. Lately,


    she did not talk to Xante about what happened to her, yet she was not surprised why Xanter knew


    about it. It must have been Aaron and his big mouth.


    Aaron brought Corinne some snacks and adjusted his pants so he could squat and massage her leg.


    His face looked like he was eager to hear more gossip. “How’s your marriage life? How’s the intimacy?”


    At that moment, Corinne was about to open a pack of chips, and her face blushed having heard that.


    She rolled her eyes. “Screw you!”


    Aaron cackled and continued to massage her leg, but he did not dare to gossip anymore.


    Xante reached out for a folder on the table and passed it to Corinne. “Boss, this is thetest. financial


    report. Take a look at it.”


    Corinne epted the folder, opened it, and read ten lines at a nce. Subsequently, she nodded to


    show she was pleased with the result. “Very good. Thepany did better than thest quarter.”


    She then gave some advice to Xante for improvement based on the data from the financial report.


    Aaron listened, too. Swiftly after, he stood up and whined, “Hey boss, why did you want to work as


    Sherlyn’s assistant instead of managing the group? Aren’t you being too trifled with matters that aren’t


    as important?”


    “I don’t worry about the group because you two handle it very well. Plus, I’m not going to be her


    assistant for long. Corinne put on a serious face and asked, “Do you have anything on the man I asked


    you to check yesterday?”


    Aaron nodded. “Goran Sheffield is a very popr director in the country, having hailed from Ant City


    and graduated as an art student from a small town. Before he was famous, he mostly worked behind


    the scenes. He knew his current wife, Yuri Sheffield when they worked together. With funding from her


    wife’s rich family, he sessfully directed his first art films and won the award. for best director. After


    that, his fame rocketed.


    “More importantly, however, he was in a secret rtionship with your stepmother Lilliana before. he got


    famous. They stayed together for more than two years and broke off because Lilliana was with another


    guy.


    “I also found something. Not long ago, Lilliana went to a private hospital to do paternity testing. She


    bribed the hospital dean with fifteen thousand dors to fabricate a paternity test report. She requested


    the hospital to change the result of the paternity test from unrted to the biological father and


    daughter rtionship. The alleged child and father on the paternity test were Goran.


    and Sherlyn.”


    At this point, Corinne smirked.


    ‘No wonder Mister Goran looks after Sherlyn so much when her acting sucks, and he’s supposed to be


    a prideful man, too. He thinks Sherlyn is his biological daughter. Hmph! This is the type of thing Lilliana


    would do: cheating on Daddy and letting her ex-boyfriend be the father of his daughter,’ she thought.


    With everything clear, it was easier from that moment onward.


    Xante went to brew a cup of coffee herself and brought it over for Corinne. “Boss, we received an order


    for a building design. The client specifically asked for your design. Should I ept it?”


    Corinne epted the coffee and took a sip while asking nonchntly, “And what order is that?”


    Xante pushed up her sses and answered honestly, “It’s to design a new office building for Holden


    Group.”


    Corinne was at a loss for words. The coffee in her mouth did not taste as good as it was the moment


    she heard Jeremy’sst name.


    Followingly, Xante continued with the details, saying, “Due to the city expansion project, the city center


    is shifting to the north side. The current building for Holden Group is situated in the middle. of the


    current city center. When the city center is shifted, the building will be outside of the new city center, so


    Holden Group is preparing to build a new office building at the new city center.”