Chapter 724


    After Anya went out, the nanny kept patting Joey on the back to calm him down. “There, there, little


    guy. There’s no need to be scared anymore ’cause your mommy has left the room already.”


    It was only then Joey dared to turn around and his crying gradually subsided once he had confirmed


    Anya was, indeed, not in the room. Seeing this, the nanny sighed. It was quite obvious to her that Anya


    did not love Joey at all since she would only pretend to care about him when there were other people in


    the room with them and when there were not… she would show her true colors.


    ‘Poor Joey… Not only did he lose his parents at such an early age, but when everyone thought he was


    set for life on ount of being adopted into a wealthy family, his mother only sees him as a means to


    achieve her goal. Sigh… It wouldn’t surprise me if his life only gets harder from now on,’ thought the


    nanny.


    Meanwhile, back at the Holden’s estate.


    Corinne was woken up from her sleep by the sound of a ringing phone. She groggily made a reach for


    her phone and put it against her ear. “Hello?”


    “Good morning, Miss Corinne,” came a man’s serious voice from the other end of the phone.


    Being still half-asleep, Corinne did not recognize the voice so she asked, “Who is it?”


    “It’s me, Edmund.”


    ‘Oh, it’s him!’ This woke Corinne up a little. “Yes? What do


    you want?”


    Edmund could tell her from voice that Corinne had just woken up and he became rightfully worried that


    he was the reason for that so he cautiously asked, “Umm… Did I wake you up?” “That’s not important


    since what’s done is done. Just tell me what you want.”


    “Please forgive me if I happened to wake you up… but Mister Lucas had asked me to arrange a private


    meeting with you. He wanted to apologize for the misunderstanding that urredst night.”


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    Corinne frowned. She was not happy at being woken up for something as trivial as this. “It’s fine. He


    doesn’t need to apologize to me. I’m going to hang up now.”


    “But Miss Corinne-”


    She did not even wait for Edmund to finish speaking before hanging up the phone. She then threw her


    phone and went back to sleep. However, someone knocked on the door at that precise moment..


    “Ma’am, it’s already past ten. Mister Jeremy had instructed me to wake you up for breakfast at this


    time,” said Bowen respectfully.


    Corinne yawned while stretching her arms over her head. ‘Looks like I’m not going to get the sleep I


    want today…’ She smoothed down her hair, got off her bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.


    Bowen smiled kindly at Corinne when he saw hering out from the room. “Ma’am, your breakfast is


    on the table. Mister Jeremy specially hired a nutritionist to make breakfast for you. What would you like


    for lunch today? You can let me know now so that I can arrange for the food to be made for you.”


    “I’m not picky so anything’s fine. Though I wouldn’t mind some homey dishes,” Corinne replied as she


    walked down the stairs.


    “Okay, Miss Corinne. I’ll ry your message to the kitchen.”