Chapter 1066

Corinne waved her hand. “You don’t have to say anything; my mind is made up. Have the car wait for

me at eight o’clock tomorrow morning. And don’t tell Grandma Pamela anything about this—I don’t

want her to worry.”

As reluctant as Tommy was about the plan, he did not try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he

nodded and said, “Yes, Ma’am.”

“That’ll be all for now. You may leave now.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

After Tommy left, Corinne stayed seated on the chair. ‘Ugh, this is so tiring,’ she thought while rubbing

her temples. She would have preferred to ask Aaron to help with the arrangement, but he had not

returned from attending a seminar abroad.

Xante, too, was not in the city, and Corinne did not want to ask her to come back for such a trivial

matter. Thus, that left only Tommy to handle the arrangement. It was just as well as it would make it

look more legit if a staff member from the Holden family helped Corinne request an audience with

Phoebe.

After all, out of the two of them, only Jeremy was Joey’s legal guardian.

‘I hope Phoebe won’t treat Joey too harshly…’ thought Corinne while rubbing her pregnant belly as

though it would make the baby grow faster. Perhaps it was her maternal instincts kicking in as she

would be a mother, but she could not bear to see any kid suffering.

After a while, Corinne walked out of the study, only to bump into Francine and Chester.

Chester had just finished tutoring Francine and was about to leave. Whenever Chester was around,

Francine would tamp down her overbearing attitude in favor of a more demure, ladylike attitude.

Chester’s eyes immediately lit up when he saw Corinne. “Hey, Corinne.”

Corinne nodded and smiled at him. “Hey, Chester. Thanks for tutoring Francine as always.”

“Oh, the pleasure is all mine. I’m sure people will be fighting over my job if they know I get to work in

such a luxurious environment. Plus, the job itself isn’t too hard either,” said Chester with a smile.

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“I’m just glad you don’t find her too troublesome to teach.”

Francine frowned and puffed up her cheeks in protest. She was not happy at being roasted in front of

her crush.

It was a good thing Chester was a kind and patient guy. He shook his head and said, “Francine does

lack the basics in some subjects, but she more than makes up for it with her eagerness to learn. In fact,

she should be praised for her rapid improvement.”

Hearing this, Francine quickly forgot about her resentment toward Corinne and blushed shyly.

Corinne pursed her lips when she saw how happy Francine was. ‘I wonder if she would’ve been that

eager to learn if her tutor was anyone else. Oh well, I guess this is what they called the power of love.’

“Corinne, I heard from Francine that you were hospitalized a few days ago. How are you feeling now?”

Chester looked at Corinne all over as though he was checking for any injury.

“I’m fine. Thanks for asking. It’s getting late, so you should head home now. Francine, why don’t you

ask Bowen to get one of the servants to give Chester a ride home?”

Francine lifted her chin proudly. “I don’t need you to tell me to do that. I’ve already had that in mind.”

“Good,” said Corinne. After that, she turned to leave for her room, thinking she should take a shower

before the night got too cold.

“Corinne, wait! I… I have something I want to talk to you about.”