Chapter 1311


    “I’ve told you a thousand times that I’m not a kid anymore!” warned Sunny.


    Corinne did not take what he said to heart. She simply said, “I’m going to finish all the steak if you don’t


    want to eat them.”


    “I do want to eat them!” said Sunny arrogantly with a lift of his chin before grabbing some steak off the


    grill. He did not have many opportunities to eat barbecue since he did not have the money to.


    Lucas feared that Sunny would pick up bad habits if he gave him lots of pocket money, and he would


    not allow him to eat fast food either. Thus, Sunny would either eat at the school cafeteria or at home.


    It was only when Sunny got together with Xante that he got to eat outside. Frankly, he did feel ashamed


    that Xante had to pay for all of their dates. Thus, he vowed to make it up to her once he got a job.


    Corinne went up to her room to take a shower after she finished her dinner. Even though they had the


    air-conditioner on in the dining room, the heat from the tabletop grill still caused her to sweat a little.


    After she came out of the bathroom, she scrolled through her phone with one hand while drying her


    hair with a towel with the other. It had been two hours since she wired the money to Jeremy, but he still


    did not ept it.


    Corinne did not want to owe Jeremy, so she texted him to remind him to ept the money. She wanted


    to block him after he received the money since there would be no point for them to keep in contact after


    that.


    However, not only did Jeremy not ept the money, but he did not reply to her either.


    ‘Ah, well. I’ll just remind him again tomorrow if he doesn’t want to ept it today,’ thought Corinne with


    a frown.


    The painting had already been delivered to Corinne’s room. It was resting against the wall, waiting to


    be put up. Fragmented memories from when she was little began to rush into her mind as she stared at


    the painting.


    ‘I wonder where Mom is and how she’s doing… Why didn’t shee find me if she’s alive?’ thought


    Corinne. She was only a few years old when she was separated from Emily, and fast forward to then,


    she was about to be a mother herself.


    Corinne touched her belly, and her expression softened. ‘Soon I’ll be able to meet you, little one.’


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    Suddenly, her phone rang. She snapped out of her trance and picked up her phone—it was Annie


    calling.


    Corinne was about to answer the call when Annie canceled the call. ‘This is weird… Did something


    happen to her?’ wondered Corinne. She called her back but was rejected.


    ‘Something fishy is definitely going on!’ thought Corinne with a frown. She called her back again but got


    the same response.


    Getting more worried by the second, Corinne texted her, [Hey, are you okay? Did something happen?]


    After a minute or so, Annie replied, [Yeah, I’m okay. Sorry, I pressed the wrong number. I’m outside at


    the moment, so I can’t talk.]


    Corinne was relieved to know Annie was alright, so she did not ask her any more questions. She put


    down her phone to blow dry her hair and went to sleep.


    She fell asleep quite fast, but she had a not-quite-scary but very tiring dream. She would either be


    running or looking for something in her dream, causing her to wake up groggy the next day.


    When she went down for breakfast, she could not help but feel like Lucas wanted to tell her something


    but was stopping himself.


    “Mister Lucas, why do you keep looking at me like that? Do you have something to tell me?” she asked


    with a frown.