Chapter 1274
Annie could not bring herself to defend Jeremy anymore.
“Tommy, you should stop defending Uncle Jeremy. The more you try to exin, the more it sounds like
you’re trying to help him cover up something. Plus, what could he possibly be so busy with that he
didn’t evene to visit Corinne once in the past few days? Even I have to side with Corinne on this!
Hmph!”
Tommy was speechless. ‘Poor Mister Jeremy… He does have his reason…’
Annie did not want to talk to him or the other two guys in the room anymore, so she went to Corinne’s
room. Xante was still inside talking to her.
“Corinne, have you decided whether you’re going to the party?” asked Annie as she sat in front of
them.
Corinne looked upzily and asked, “What party?”
Annie frowned. “Sophia’s birthday party, of course!”
“Oh, I forgot all about it. Why should I go to some stranger’s birthday party?”
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“But she gave you the invitation, so how can you not go?” asked Annie frustratedly.
“There’s now saying I must go to a party just because I’ve been invited,” said Corinne nonchntly.
Annie turned to Xante. “Xante, would you go if you were in Corinne’s situation?”
Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed sses. “I would go if I’m avable.”
“Why?” asked Annie curiously.
“I mean, it’s not like I have anything better to do and… Who knows? I might meet a hot guy and have a
fling with him.”
“Uh… Okay…”
Xante’s reasoning, though somewhat offbeat, was still a reasoning after all.
“What’s this talk about having a fling?” asked Sunny with a frown as he walked into the room.
Xante immediately got a headache when she saw Sunny. She instinctively massaged her temples as
she said, “You can’te into a girl’s room without permission!”
“Xante, were you talking about having a fling? Why would you want to have a fling when you already
have me?” he asked stubbornly.
Xante looked at him. “I was just talking nonsense.”
Sunny widened his eyes in anger, making him look imposing yet childish at the same time. “Don’t ever
talk nonsense like that again! Having a fling is no joking matter!”
The pain in Xante’s head became even more pronounced. “Go wait in my room first. I’ll exin
everything to youter.”
Sunny was pleasantly surprised that Xante would ask him to wait in her room. His mood instantly
lightened as he lifted his chin proudly and said, “Don’t keep me waiting, you hear?”
Xante sighed as she watched Sunny strode out of the hurry. After that, she turned back to Corinne and
said seriously, “By the way, Boss, there’s something I’ve forgotten to tell you.”
Corinne raised an eyebrow. “What?”
“The owner of Hearnd Hotel is an art collector, and he has collected many world-renowned paintings
over the years. Among them is a self-portrait of Nellie Nymphaea which has never been made public
before. That’s about to change because it’ll be disyed in an uing exhibition.”
Corinne’s expression immediately became focused. “How trustworthy is this piece of information?”
“A hundred percent trustworthy! All the paintings are from his private collection. Not many outsiders
had seen it. But,tely, the hotel he owns has run into some operational problems and isn’t making
money as it used to. To attract more high-end customers, he recently released the news that he’ll
disy his private collection in the banquet room for any guest that holds a party there to make it more
interesting.”
It had been a long time since Corinne saw any of her mother’s paintings on the market. What made it
even more attractive this time was the painting disyed would be a self-portrait of her mother.
‘What would Mom’s self-portrait look like? How old was she when she drew her self-portrait?’ wondered
Corinne. She really wanted to know the answers and see the painting with her own eyes. ‘But why
does the name of the hotel sound so familiar? If I remember correctly, I saw the name somewhere
today…’
After thinking it over, Corinne suddenly narrowed her eyes. “Did you just say Hearnd Hotel? Isn’t that
the ce where Sophia is throwing her birthday party?”
Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed sses. “Yes, exactly.”