Chapter 762


    By then, the firework show had ended and a strong gust was blowing. No one outside the balcony


    noticed Anya’s arrival because of how loud the fireworks were, so they were surprised to see Corinne


    and Jason talking on the sofa with Jeremy nowhere in sight when they came in. Zeke sat down and


    asked, “Corinne, where’s Jeremy?”


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    Corinne pointed at the stairs with her chin. “He went up to the guest room.”


    Annie sat beside Corinne and asked, “Why did Uncle Jeremy go up there? How could he leave you


    alone here?”


    Corinne did not answer and simply sipped her juice.


    Annie, being the easily distractible child she was, did not think too much of it. She quickly


    took out her phone to show Corinne the photos she took of the firework show. “Look, Corinne. Aren’t


    they beautiful?”


    Corinne looked down and saw Annie’s firework photos posted online had garnered a high number of


    likes. She smiled and gave her a nod of approval. “Yeah, they are.”


    “Right? That’s what I think, too!” said Annie happily. She busied herself with replying to thements


    under the photos.


    Lucas walked over gracefully, carrying with him a gust of cold air. He then carefully sat down beside


    Corinne and asked gently, “Why didn’t you stay till the end of the show? Don’t you like the blue


    fireworks?”


    Corinne nced at him emotionlessly. “No, they were beautiful. Thank you. How much did the firework


    show cost you? I’ll pay it back to you along with the cost of tonight’s dinner.”


    Lucas nearly choked at her words. “The firework show and this dinner are my gifts to you. You don’t


    have to pay me back,” he said with a frown.


    Corinne smiled. “Thank you, but I can’t ept the gifts. After all, you and I are not friends or family, so I


    insist on paying for everything. Otherwise, I won’t evere here again.”


    Her words cut deep into Lucas’ heart. He sighed heavily and said nothing more.


    At that moment, a servant came with the nket Lucas ordered him to bring. Lucas offered the nket


    to Corinne, saying, “It’s going to get colder with the wind howling like that. Put. this on so you won’t get


    cold.”


    “Thank you,” said Corinne with a smile as she epted the nket. However, instead of putting it over


    herself, she put it over Annie’s shoulder. “Here you go, Annie. Don’t catch a cold now.”


    Annie was so focused on replying to her friends’ messages that she was pleasantly surprised by the


    sudden kind gesture. She looked at Corinne gratefully. “Thanks, Corinne. You’re so good to me.”


    Even though Corinne was slightly younger than Annie, she treated thetter as if she was her little


    sister. “Of course, you’re my niece-inw now. Be a good girl and go back to ying with your phone,”


    she said as she patted Annie’s head.


    Lucas was speechless. ‘Grr, why is she so stubborn? It’s only a nket. Seems like she’s


    determined to not ept me as her brother.”


    Meanwhile, Zeke and Jason were sitting and drinking some distance away from Corinne and the group


    Zeke leaned toward Jason and whispered, “Jason, have you noticed how weird Lucas is acting today?


    Why would a guy like him do all this stuff to make Corinne like him?”


    Jason drank his wine and threw him a bored nce. “When are you ever going to stop gossiping about


    other people?”


    “Tsk! You’re not fun at all,” said Zeke huffily. He did not expect to receive such a cold. response from


    Jason.


    “Well, it’s still better than being a gossiper…” said Jason with a scoff.