Chapter 1473


    Corinne stared at Edmund sympathetically.


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    “That’s enough, Mister Lucas,” she said, jumping in to defend the poor man. She then turned to


    Edmund and said, “Why don’t you go out first, Edmund?”


    Edmund bowed to her gratefully. “Yes, Miss Corinne.”


    Lucas became even more upset and jealous when he heard her call Edmund without using the word


    ‘Mister’.


    ‘How can she be so casual with Edmund when I don’t get to have that privilege?’ he thought seethingly.


    ‘Hmph! Oh well.* 2


    Not wanting Corinne to think he was ill-tempered, Lucas decided to let the whole thing slide. He waved


    ‘Bryan’ over, saying, “Come here, Bryan.”


    ‘Bryan’ became a little sad at being scolded by Corinne. At first, he was hesitant to go over to Lucas,


    but he somehow felt like he was familiar, so he walked over to him docilely.


    Lucas picked him up lovingly. “What’s the matter? Did you get scolded by your Mommy?”


    ‘Bryan’ nodded with a pout.


    Lucas patted him gently on the head. “That’s because she’s worried about you. You shouldn’t run off by


    yourself next time, understood? She’s going to be worried about you again if you do.”


    Corinne looked angrily at ‘Bryan’. “Next time? I’m not going to look for him next time. He can go


    wherever he wants!”


    It pained ‘Bryan’ to hear Corinne say that to him. He did not run off for the sake of running off. It was


    because he saw his father and wanted to see if he had been worried about him for not going homest


    night.


    However, he became even more upset at the thought of not being able to see Corinne again. One day,


    he would have to go back to live with his own mother and father.


    Finally, he could not hold back his tears anymore, and he started to bawl his eyes out.


    Lucas felt really sorry for his nephew. He wiped the little boy’s tears and said, “Don’t cry. Your mother


    only said what she said out of anger. I’m sure she’s going to look for you if you go missing again. What


    you did today really made her mad, so don’t do it again, okay?”


    ‘Bryan’ was not crying because he feared Corinne would not want him anymore but knew he was not


    her son. He would have to leave her eventually.


    Not only that, but he would never get to see her again, too. After Sophia finished her business there, he


    and Jeremy would go back to Molomia with her. They would nevere back to New Capital City


    again.


    In other words, he would not see or be hugged by Corinne again as long as he lived. Instead, he would


    have to live with Sophia, whom neither he nor Jeremy liked.


    Even though Sophia told Benjamin she was his Mommy, he never felt that way about her. She felt more


    like a stranger to him, but the same could not be said about Corinne. For some reason, he found


    Corinne as familiar as his father and would always want her to hug him. 1


    ‘Could it be that the kinddy is actually my real Mommy? But… Daddy has never met her before, so


    how could she give birth to me?’ he thought. He told himself it was impossible for Corinne to be his


    Mommy and that he was being delusional.


    Corinne’s heart softened when she saw the boy crying nonstop. “Stop crying. A big boy like you


    shouldn’t cry so much. Come here. You’re dirtying your uncle’s clothes with your tears and snot.”


    ‘Bryan’ looked at the wet spot created by him on Lucas’ suit sheepishly. “It’s okay. I don’t mind,” said


    Lucas with a doting smile.