Corinne sipped her icedtte. "Then can you exin why you''ve looked into my past?"


    "Umm... The reason we asked you out today is so we can introduce someone to you."


    Corinne raised an eyebrow. "Who?"


    Melinda turned around to ask Emily toe over to exin herself, but her table was empty.


    ''Where is she?'' wondered Melinda.


    Lilin was confused as well. "Mommy, where''s Miss Emily?"


    Melinda looked around the coffee house, but Emily was nowhere in sight.


    Corinne found their behavior perplexing, so she cleared her throat and put down her icedtte. "Missus Addison, just who did you want me to meet?"


    Melinda snapped out of her shock and said embarrassedly, "Uh... She''s someone from your past, but she''s not free today. How about I introduce you to her next time?" ''Someone from my past? Why would I need them to introduce someone from my past to me?'' wondered Corinne with a frown. ''Something''s fishy about them.''


    After a brief silence, Corinne asked again, "Is there anything else you want to talk about?"Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.


    Melinda sighed and looked worriedly at her. "Corinne, what are you going to do next?" "What do you mean?"


    "I mean, what are you going to do about Zachary? Are you going to take him from Sophia?"


    Corinne''s guard had never once gone down. Her frown deepened when she heard the question.


    "Missus Addison, I suggest you give it up if you''vee to trick me into revealing my next steps so that you can bring that information back to your husband and stepdaughter. I''m not stupid, so why would I tell my enemies about my ns?"


    Melinda''s face stiffened. "I''m not..."


    She was genuinely concerned about Corinne. One reason was that Corinne had saved her life before, and the other was that she was the long-lost daughter of her best friend.


    Melinda knew Adam''s temper the best. She was really worried that he would do something to hurt Corinne to protect Sophia.


    "Miss Corinne, you''ve really misunderstood my mom! She''s not trying to get you to reveal your ns. We''re not on Sophia''s side. We both think what she did was wrong. Heck, my mommy is even asking my daddy for a divorce! So you see, we''re not the same as my daddy!"


    Corinne could tell from Lilin''s firm stance that she was not lying. Adults would lie for their own benefits and so would kids, but children were rarely that calm when telling a lie. At that moment, all Corinne could see from Lilin''s face was sincerity and determination.


    Corinne shifted her gaze from Lilin to Melinda. "Missus Addison, are you really going to divorce Adam?"


    Melinda''s eyes dimmed. "Yes. We''re currently living separately."


    "But why? I heard you two are very much in love with each other," said Corinne curiously.


    Melinda looked down at the table. She looked sad and listless. "Be that as it may, I don''t want to stay in a rtionship where I have to beplicit with evil. He lost all of his principles when it came to Sophia. He let her get away with doing the most heinous thing! I can''t stop him, and I''m really fed up with it."