Chapter 533


    Although Corinne only pushed Anya lightly, thetter acted as if the former pushed her very hard. Anya


    staggered back exaggeratedly and pretended to fall. Her n worked! She wanted Corinne to raise her


    hand against her to make it more believable that Corinne would do something as insidious as harming


    Joey.


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    A hand reached out to grab her just when she was about to fall to the ground. Anya thought it was


    Jeremy who saved her, which made her secretly happy. However, when she looked up, she discovered


    it was Lucas who saved her.


    Lucas put his arm protectively around Anya after he righted her up. He then red coldly at Corinne


    and said, “I dare you to push her again.”


    “I didn’t push her. I just flung her hand away from my body,” said Corinne.


    Lucas frowned. “I saw everything so there’s no use of you denying it!”


    Corinne was speechless. ‘How can he know what happened when he wasn’t even here, to begin with?


    He must be making things up.’


    Anya was a little disappointed that it was not Jeremy who saved her but Lucas. Still, she did not forget


    to keep up her pitiful act. Without missing a beat, she buried her head inside Lucas’s chest and said


    tearfully, “Thank god you’re finally here, Lucas. Joey! Joey! His face will forever be disfigured.”


    Lucas looked coldly at Corinne. “What did that kid ever do to you for you to do something like this to


    him?”


    “Mister Lucas, I didn’t do what Miss Anya said I did.”


    Lucas scoffed. “And who can prove that you didn’t?”


    “You can report me to the police if you want.”


    Corinne thought it through. There was only herself, Anya, and Joey in that room then. As for the waiter,


    well, Corinne was sure he would nevere clean himself since that would mean he would have to


    face the consequences.


    Lucas hated how Corinne could be soissez-faire about the whole thing. He patted Anya lightly on the


    back to calm her down and at the same time, he fixed his cold gaze on Corinne, thinking of how to


    punish herter.


    At that moment, Jason decided toe out and say, “Lucas, there must be a misunderstanding.


    Corinne has no reason to hurt Joey. I mean, what good would that bring to her? I’m sure the restaurant


    has cameras all over the ce so you’ll only need to ask your men to check the footage to find out


    what happened.”


    “I’ve already asked my men to check. The restaurant said their cameras have been out of order


    sincest month so there’s no footage to speak of.”


    Hearing this, Anya cried even harder. “Corinne must have known the cameras were out of order! That’s


    why she dares to do something so heinous like this toward Joey. Oh, my poor child!”


    Lucas frowned. His heart ached to see Anya so sad. “Don’t worry, Anya. I’ll make Corinne pay for


    hurting Joey.”


    Corinne just stood there, seemingly unfazed by Lucas’s death stare. She found the whole thing. ironic.


    After spending so much time with Lucas at work, she knew very well that he was only rational and


    cunning when it came to his work and socialization but when it came to his precious sister, Anya. Well,


    it would not be an overstatement to say his intelligence level would drop to that of a vige idiot.


    Corinne was in awe of just how much of a sisterplex


    Lucas had.


    Lucas gave up on asking Corinne anything because he understood very well that she would not admit


    to anything so instead, he turned to look at the man who just came out of the emergency ward.


    “Jeremy, aren’t you going toe over here and say anything?”


    Jeremy justpleted the hospitalization procedure for Joey. He walked over to them, threw Lucas a


    nce, and then emotionlessly said, “Corinne, can I have a moment of your time?”