Chapter 723


    Francine frowned unhappily and said, “All you care about is Corinne this and Corinne that. Why don’t


    you ever ask if I’m okay?”


    Bowen was shocked into silence by her sudden outburst.


    Francine’s recent humiliation caused her tosh out at Bowen and the servants. “Huh! You would do


    well to remember you work for the Holden and not the Carew! What an ungrateful bunch of jerks you all


    are… siding with an outsider instead of me.”


    Bowen thought it was wrong for her to say that but still he kept quiet. ‘It’s not like I’m purposely siding


    with Ma’am….. Miss Francine shouldn’t have barged into her room like that in the first ce. The other


    servants thought the same way as Bowen that Miss Francine had really gone overboard this time.


    Francine went back to her room in a huff and the more she thought about what happened, the angrier


    she became so she decided to call Anya to vent her anger. Her call quickly went through and Anya’s


    usual gentle voice could be heard from the other side of the phone. “Hey, Francine. What’s up?”


    “Ugh, Anya! Guess what happened? The entire household has been taken over my that b*tch Corinne.


    She thinks she can do anything she wants just because she has Jeremy on her side!” said Francine


    angrily.


    “Francine… slow down. Tell me what happened. What did Corinne do to make you so angry?” Anya


    asked between gritted teeth.


    After thinking about it, Francine muttered along the lines of, “She didn’t really do anything to me but…


    everyone is treating her as if she’s the mistress of the household while I get the short end of the stick.


    Moreover, she speaks to me like she’s speaking to a servant ’cause she knows. my brother will always


    take her side over mine. Ughhhh, I can’t take this


    anymore.” “What? She speaks to you as though you’re a servant? Francine, that’s absolutely vile of


    her. Is Jeremy at home? Why didn’t he say anything about it?” asked Anya in mock kindness.


    “He already went to work and that shameless woman is actually still sleeping in my brother’s bedroom.


    Besides, even if he’s at home, he’ll only help her instead of me! Anya, you have no idea just how


    obsessed my brother is with that woman right now. In fact, she has him totally wrapped around her little


    finger! Even a love potion would not be as effective as whatever she’s feeding my brother to make her


    fall so madly in love with her. Why did you let her steal my brother away from you? Are you going to


    just stand by and do nothing? I really don’t want a country bumpkin for a sister-inw…”


    Anya balled her hand into a fist when she heard Corinne was sleeping in Jeremy’s bedroom but she


    managed to keep her voice gentle as she said, “Francine, it doesn’t matter whether I end up with your


    brother or not but no way am I going to let Corinne get away with treating you like a servant. I’ll head


    over to your houseter to talk to her about it.”


    Francine was touched by Anya’s gesture. “Oh, thank you, Anya! You’re the best. Wait a minute


    Why do I hear a child crying in the background?”


    “Umm… That’s ’cause Joey’s crying. He’s not feeling well at the moment,” said Anya awkwardly. “Hey


    Francine, I’m going to hang up now. See youter, ‘kay?”


    “Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.”


    After hanging up the phone, Anya turned to the crying Joey – who was currently curled up in fright in


    his nanny’s arms with annoyance written all over her face.


    “Stop crying, Joey. It breaks mommy’s heart to see you like this. What do you want to eat? Mommy will


    ask the servant to buy it for you, okay?”


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    Anya was only pretending to care about Joey since it would be suspicious if the little baby continued to


    recoil in horror whenever he saw her. However, her effort ended up being futile since Joey seemed to


    only cry harder after she took a step toward him.


    Joey was crying so hard that his nanny started to worry that he would choke from ack of oxygen so


    she said, “Miss Anya, why don’t you keep some distance from Mister Joey for a while since I’m quite


    worried his crying would make the injury on his head worse. You can carry him all you want when his


    head is all better.”


    Anya had always found Joey annoying in the first ce and his crying only served to make her even


    more annoyed with him so she waved her hand and said, “Fine. You look after him. I’m going to go out


    for a while.”


    The nanny secretly sighed with relief before saying, “Yes, Miss Anya. I’ll make sure Mister Joey is well


    taken care of.”


    Anya nced at the still-crying Joey and thought, ‘Ugh, he’s getting more and more annoying each


    day. The only reason I chose him that day was because he looked cute… but he turned out to be so


    hard to raise. It’s a shame I can’t return him…”