Chapter 1359

Annie pouted. “No, I don’t want to leave! It’s nearly morning, anyway! Let me stay here with you until

then, and I’ll take a cab home after that.”

Marcus got angry at her because of Aaron, so she wanted to collect her thoughts before having any

contact with Aaron. She knew if she went downstairs then, Aaron would never let her go back home. It

was best to stay with Corinne and leave after Aaron had left.

“By the way, I managed to get some details about Sophia. Do you want to hear them?” said Annie in a

tone that aimed to evoke curiosity.

Corinne was resting against the headboard and scrolling through her phone. Her expression became

slightly intrigued when she heard that. She looked up and said to Annie, “Speak.”

Knowing she had gotten Corinne’s full attention, Annie sat on the floor and put her elbow on the bed,

her chin resting in her hand as she told Corinne what she knew.

“I’m sure you’ve noticed Uncle Jeremy kept a clear boundary between himself and Anya, even when he

mistakenly thought she saved him years ago. However, the same could not be said for Sophia as he

would sometimes allow her to cross his boundary. Do you know why that is?”

Corinne instinctively frowned. Thinking back, she realized Jeremy did not treat Sophia as coldly as he

treated Anya. He forced himself to endure whatever Anya wanted him to do as he felt like he owed her

for saving his life. However, he was not so sensitive toward his personal space when it came to Sophia.

‘What else could be the reason? It’s because they’re legally married!’ thought Corinne. Her chest would

inevitably tighten at the thought of that.

Her anger toward Jeremy came rushing back, and she wished to never see him again.

Seeing Corinne’s expression darkening, Annie quickly said, “Hey, let’s not get ahead of ourselves! Let

me explain. When Uncle Jeremy first met Sophia, he thought she was a guy. He treated her as he

treated Zeke and Gerald for a long time. He was so used to seeing Sophia as a guy that his senses

toward her invading his personal space became blunted.”

Corinne looked at Annie with a frown. ‘What kind of stupid reason is that? She must be desperate for

me to get back together with Jeremy to think I’d fall for this lie. How can anyone mistake Sophia for a

guy when she has huge boobs and a big *ss?’

“Corinne, you have to believe me. Look, here are some old pictures of Sophia.” Annie quickly took out

her phone and showed pictures to prove the validity of her words.

Corinne looked at her phone skeptically for a few seconds before her expression turned into one of

shock.

She saw a very skinny Sophia dressed in a man’s T-shirt and shorts. What made her look even more

like a guy was her buzzcut and tanned skin. She had no makeup on and looked like she had not hit

puberty yet since her chest was as flat as a guy’s. Anyone would be rightly forgiven for mistaking her

as a guy.

“This was how she looked when Uncle Jeremy first met her. She even pulled off playing for the men’s

basketball team,” said Annie disapprovingly. “I mean, knowing Uncle Jeremy, why would he be friends

with a woman? I looked into their pasts and found out he had been treating her as a guy friend all this

while.”

Corinne scoffed after snapping out of her daze. “So what? It still doesn’t excuse him for hiding the fact

that he’s legally married to her from me.”

Annie’s eyes widened. “I’ve looked into that matter and feel like I must help him explain things to you.

Back then, Uncle Jeremy asked for Sophia’s help to pull off a fake marriage with him so Grandpa Greg

would agree to go for his much-needed operation. But Sophia’s flight got delayed due to bad weather

on the day she was supposed to get married to Uncle Jeremy, and that was when he met you.

“Strictly speaking, Uncle Jeremy never lied to you. At most, he decided to not tell you because he was

worried you wouldn’t want him anymore if you found out. He really cares about you, Corinne. He was

going to tell you about Sophia after he revoked his marriage with her.”