Chapter 1048

Xante did not stop what she was doing. After peeling the last of the apple’s skin, she cut them into little

wedges and fed them to Corinne.

“It’s okay. I know how to take care of Corinne since I took care of her in times like this before you two

met.”

Annie blinked. She could not help but feel something was off when she saw Xante gently feeding

Corinne the apple slices.

Even though they both worked in Newmoon Group, Annie rarely talked to Xante while working since

Xante was a workaholic who gave off the vibe of ‘I’m busy, so don’t talk to me unless necessary’.

Thus, it was a little jarring to see the aloof Xante acting so warmly toward Corinne. ‘I’ve never seen this

side of her before…’

Just when Annie was trying to figure out the relationship between Corinne and Xante, Francine—never

the one to keep what she was thinking to herself—said, “My brother really has his work cut out for him.

Not only does he have to worry about other men stealing his wife, but he has to worry about other

women stealing his wife too!”

Annie was speechless. She quickly prodded Francine’s side to shut her up.

Xante was unfazed by what Francine said. She cut out another apple wedge and fed it to Corinne.

“Boss, since Mister Jeremy is on a business trip, why don’t you stay at our place once you’re

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Corinne thought over Xante’s suggestion while chewing the apple.

“No! She’s married to my brother, so that makes her a member of our family too! I won’t allow her to

stay with outsiders. Besides, you’re the ones I should be worried about since you all seem to be eyeing

my sister-in-law,” said Francine.

Corinne’s mouth twitched. ‘What in god’s name is this girl talking about?’

Xanted glanced at Francine, causing her gold-rimmed glasses to throw off some light. “Miss Francine,

you’re getting the wrong idea. I’m just worried Corinne will not be taken care of well in your home. After

all, your brother won’t even have a chance with her if she only allowed me to take care of her.”

Corinne was speechless. ‘Xante is just going to make things worse by saying that!’

Francine immediately walked over and pushed Xante away. “Corinne, did you hear that? This woman

has a hidden agenda against you. You need to stay away from her, or she’ll try to take advantage of

you!”

Corinne frowned. ‘Only when she thinks others are trying to steal me away from her brother would she

be so possessive of me…’

“Oh stop panicking, Francine. You’re even worse than your brother. This here is an old friend of mine.

You may address her as Miss Xante.”

Francine looked warily at Xante, still not convinced she did not have a hidden agenda. ‘No way am I

going to call her that!’

“Hmph! It’s my duty to make sure no one tries to steal you away while my brother is on his business

trip!”

Corinne was speechless again.

Xante simply ignored Francine. She put down the knife and apple and pushed her gold-rimmed glasses

up.

“Boss, I’m going to wash my hand,” she said as she got up.

Corinne yawned and nodded lazily. She then glanced at Annie, who was looking at Aaron and his

girlfriend from time to time with a frown on her face.

After thinking about it, she called out to her. “Annie.”