Chapter 480


    “It’s not that I’m afraid. I just didn’t want to make thingsplicated and create unnecessary problems


    between your sister and Mister Jeremy,” answered Corinne, looking at Lucas’ elegant and handsome


    face


    in the rearview mirror.


    Lucas squinted his eyes, looking rxed and arrogant, then he sneered. “So you feel as long as you


    appear in front of Jeremy, you’ll affect my sister and my future brother-inw’s rtionship. Is that so?”


    Corinne turned to look at the scenery outside the window that was moving in reserves and said


    honestly, Mm-hmm. It will, more or less.”


    Lucas curled his lips. “Miss Corinne, where did you get such confidence that made you feel you can


    compete with Anya?


    Corinne was neither humble nor arrogant when facing his mockery. She just smiled. “Mister Lucas, it’s


    very normal for you to think that nobody canpete with your sister, whom you’ve doted on since


    childhood. For example, to me, a man as outstanding as you, Mister Lucas, is just not as cute as the


    dog I’ve raised since childhood. It’s the same principle!”


    At that moment, the driver was pursing his lips as tightly as he could. He was so amused by what


    Corinne said earlier, he almost could not hold it in and burst outughing!


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    However, in the next second, he felt a chill down his spine. That was because he could feel the gloom


    and unhappiness Lucas was exuding all over.


    Truth be told, he was Lucas’s driver for more than a decade, yet he never heard an employee have the


    guts to say that to Lucas.


    Lucas was speechless.


    He stared at Corinne’s face in the rearview mirror for a while, looking sullen. Then, he smiled again and


    said, “Do tell me which is the part of you that you think s’enough to bepared to my sister.


    Corinne looked young and childish, but she had a very strong and mature mind. Her confidence never


    wavered just because other people criticized, questioned, and took a jab at her. She waspletely.


    unfazed by all that.


    She was confident, not the kind of confidence thates from being blindly pompous, but rity in


    self- knowledge and self-assurance. It was the tenacity that stems from her hardships ever since


    young, her fearlessness toward the future that was resulted from the adversities, and her nonchnce


    toward others ‘views and opinions of her.


    “Of course, my circumstances are not better than Miss Anya’s. I don’t have a powerful family, a good,


    protective brother, and the delicate beauty Miss Anya has as a result of being meticulously cared for


    like a flower in a greenhouse.


    “The biggest difference between me and your sister is that she is a delicate flower parasitically growing


    -by your side while I am a wild nt growing independently on the cliff. There’s no doubt that Miss


    Anya is a lucky girl. She could rely on a big and strong tree like you from the day she was born, and


    she has the Riveras, which is like an environment suitable for survival and nourishment from fertile soil.


    “On the other hand, the environment. I grew up in made it so that I must grow into a big tree that could


    support myself. I.can’t be the vine climbing along a big tree because there isn’t one that I could rely on


    forever. Otherwise, the vine would die once the tree does.


    “I’ve gone through countless hardships since childhood. No matter what kind of environment I’m in, I


    can. live a beautiful life by relying on the experiences and abilities I’ve gained.


    “Therefore, I think that both Miss Anya and I each have our strengths, and I’m notcking in anything.”


    Looking at the rearview mirror, Lucas stared at the girl sitting in front who stated her strengths and


    weaknesses objectively. This was the first time he saw a piercing radiance filled with life in a girl and


    felt. the power to strive to be better exuded by her.


    That unyielding and calm life force indeed was not something Anya had.


    However, Anya did not need that kind of excessive strength. As long as he was around, Anya could


    enjoy the best of everything in this world effortlessly.


    Lucas did not argue with Corinne anymore. He just closed his eyes slowly to take a rest. “I hope your


    self- knowledge is right, and you can grow into a big tree that will never copse.”


    Corinne smiled. “Thank you very much for your kind wishes, Mister Lucas,”