Chapter 869


    After that, the poker-faced Lucas-with his suit jacket flung over his shoulder- walked past Maxwell.


    Maxwell was used to Lucas’ indifferent behavior toward him and thus did not me him or was


    provoked. Lucas was unwilling to speak to him ever since Emily and Corinne left the family.


    Maxwell sat on the bench, narrowed his eyes, and looked toward the parking lot.


    Jeremy twisted open the cap of the yogurt drink and passed it to Corinne to drink. After taking a big


    mouthful, she put the bottle near Jeremy’s lips, but she cheekily pulled it away again and burst out in


    laughter when he opened his mouth.


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    The look in Maxwell’s eyes softened. ‘She really does look like Emily when she was younger. It’s been


    ten years… I wonder how Emily is doing?”


    Jeremy went up to shower after getting home. Corinne told him she wanted to watch the TV in the


    living room for a while, so she did not follow him upstairs. However, what she really did was to go into


    the kitchen.


    ‘Mister mustn’t have eaten yet since he went straight to the Riveras’ ce to pick me up after work,’


    she thought. Many things happened after that, and it was not till nighttime that they came home.


    Corinne washed her hands, put on an apron, and made Jeremy a big bowl of noodles. A servant came


    in to help her but was promptly waved away. ‘It’s not like I’m cooking anythingplicated. Having


    another person here will just mess up my flow.’ After chopping the tomatoes, she proceeded to whisk


    some eggs when she heard loud footstepsing toward the kitchen. She continued to whisk the eggs


    when a few secondster, Francine walked in and looked around to make sure Jeremy was not in the


    kitchen too before asking angrily, “What are you trying to pull, Corinne?”


    Not stopping what she was doing, Corinne raised her eyebrow and nced at Francine. “What’s the


    matter? You want me to make you something, too?”


    Francine rolled her eyes at her. “Who wants to eat your stinky food? I’m asking you what you’re trying


    to pull with the parcel you asked Bowen to give me today.”


    Corinne smiled. “Oh, that! That’s a gift I specially picked out for you.”


    “Gift?” repeated Francine unhappily. “You should be embarrassed to call that a gift! I’ve never ever


    seen such a cheap gift in my life!”


    She kept waving the book in her hand as she spoke.


    “Cheap? I gave you a practice book to help you increase your knowledge. Isn’t that a good thing? Don’t


    you know that knowledge is the most precious wealth there is? It’s so much better than those useless


    bags and shoes you have.”


    Francine gritted her teeth and scoffed. “I wouldn’t be this p*ssed if you didn’t give me a practice book


    meant for elementary school kids!”


    “Well… I was kinda worried you wouldn’t be able to do the practice question if I gave you any higher


    than that.”


    Francine never felt so humiliated in her life. “Corinne, you’re the stupid one here! In fact, your whole


    family is stupid!” she said hysterically.


    Corinne smirked. “Well, why don’t you prove me wrong then? I’ll buy you ten Hermes bags if you can


    get at least half of the practice questions right.”