Chapter 271


    “I chatted with my friends untiltest night, so I decided to just stay over at their ce.”


    Jeremy bent down and approached Corinne. “What sort of friend? Are they guys or girls? What are


    their names? Where do they live?”


    His barrage of questions offended Corinne, and she could not help but explode in a rage. “Am I not


    allowed to have friends? Or do you mean to tell me that I’m not allowed to have any privacy when I’m


    with you? Must I tell you everything in detail? How is this any different from being in prison?”


    Jeremy froze slightly, and he narrowed his eyes quietly as he looked at her unhappy, dissatisfied little


    face. He smiled rather than got angry at her, and his thin lips pursed slightly as nearly half his fatigue


    disappeared in an instant. She seemed to be rather energetic still and had the strength to argue with


    him.


    He stared at her in silence for a while, but instead of arguing with her, he asked in a sneering voice,


    “Where’s your phone? You could’ve called me to inform me if you wanted to stay overnight at a friend’s


    house, right?”


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    At the mention of her phone, Corinne lost some of her confidence and spread her hands open


    helplessly. “Sorry.


    About your cell phone… I… I lost itst night, and I don’t know where I could’ve dropped it. I’ll buy a


    new one of the same model topensate you.”


    It probably fell out during a physical conflict with the female


    inte celebrity the previous day, and she only found out about it when she took a taxi that morning.


    Luckily for her, however, she managed to have cash with her.


    Jeremy snorted softly, raised his hand, and took out the very cell phone from his jacket pocket. He held


    it up in front of her with his long fingers and tapped it against her forehead. ” You’re going to lose your


    brain one day if you keep losing your stuff all the time.”


    Corinne blinked unexpectedly, took the phone, and looked at it to confirm that it was the same one she


    had dropped by mistake. She raised her head in surprise and asked curiously, What’s going on,


    Mister? Why is it with you?”


    The man answered concisely, “Someone found it up by the river and handed it over to the police, who


    then returned it to its owner.”


    ‘I see!‘ Corinne nodded and said thankfully, “I’m so d someone found it! I was worried that someone


    might steal the phone. I can’t afford to pay you the huge amount of money that’s tied to your bank


    card,” she muttered to herself.


    “Corinne,” Jeremy called her name all of a sudden.


    “Yes?” Corinne raised her head naturally and waited for him to continue his sentence, but her heart


    skipped a beat when she saw his bottomless ck eyes.


    Jeremy looked at her intently and said to her in a deep voice, It’s never my intention to imprison you, so


    you don’t need to be that guarded in front of me.”


    Corinne was startled.


    His attitude might be stern, but his tone was incredibly gentle


    as he added, “You can have privacy, you can have little secrets that you’re free to keep from me, and


    you can have your own social circle, but never, ever, decide not toe back home without informing


    me. What if something happens to you?”


    As he spoke, his big rough hands caressed her face as his bony long fingers gently brushed against


    her delicate cheeks like he just unearthed a long–lost treasure that he could not bear to part with.


    He answered her earlierints without ignoring her feelings, and he even gave her a very specific


    answer and attitude.


    His unpredictable and ambiguous attitude made Corinne very puzzled; he sounded like he was


    reproaching her while


    persuading her with solid reasoning at the same time. ‘Is he too tired? So much so that he’s getting


    confused?‘


    Jeremy lowered his gaze and stared at Corinne’s small and beautiful face. He looked at her starting


    from her eyebrows, then to her nose, and finally to that sharp tongue of hers. It had been a week since


    he saw her, and though he did not feel much when he missed her, he could get by with a lit cigarette


    and meditating with his eyes closed.


    It was only when Jeremy touched her in real life that he realized there was an uncontroble burning


    desire within him. He could not wait for even a second longer as he raised her little face and kissed her


    ravishingly.