Chapter 499

Chapter 499

When he was one step away from bumping into Corinne, he moved past her smoothly and naturally as

he continued to walk forward.

Corinne’s body and expression froze slightly.

“It’s late, so why aren’t you home yet? Who gave you permission to come here?” he reproached in a

deep voice behind Corinne.

Corinne came back to her senses and turned around to look over.

Amongst the crowd of onlookers was Annie, who had an awkward expression on her face. She

answered stubbornly, “I was just socializing after work. It’s not like I did anything bad!”

Annie pursed her lips as she answered Jeremy and turned around to look at Corinne. She waved her

hands ever so slightly and sneakily greeted her with a smile.

Corinne suddenly realized that Jeremy was there for Annie. ‘And I thought he was here for me. Well,

it’s good that Jeremy didn’t come for Anya and showed no reaction when he saw her earlier. It couldn’t

have turned out better!’

At that moment, Anya walked past Corinne toward Jeremy and leaned close to him. Anya then turned

to Annie and asked in a warm, gentle tone, “When did you arrive, Annie? Why didn’t I see you earlier?”

Annie frowned a little and treated Anya indifferently. “Oh, I’ve been here for a while now. I was just

dancing and chatting with some of my friends downstairs. I heard that something exciting happened

here, so I came over to have a look. I didn’t expect to run into Aun-”

Before she could complete her sentence and say ‘Aunt Corinne’, she sensed the death stare from

Jeremy. His stare appeared calm, but beneath it was an endless current of negativity. Annie could only

gulp and halt herself from saying anything further.

Jeremy said again in a stern voice, “Go home. Tommy will take you. He’s waiting at the

entrance.”

Annie would never dare to disobey her uncle’s orders, so she had no choice but to cower in a bit of

resentment. “Fine. I’ll do as you say and go home!”

She felt annoyed that she had to be reprimanded by him in public when she was already an adult. It

was incredibly embarrassing!

Annie then muttered angrily in a soft voice, “Sheesh! I’m already twenty-one! I’m not a child anymore.

Can’t I have some fun after getting off work? Is it wrong for an adult to come home. a little late?”

She continued to mumble to herself while walking toward the door, and as soon as she passed by

Corinne, she made a point to glance at Corinne and stick her tongue out mischievously.

Corinne’s lips twitched and she looked at her with a smile. It has been a while since she saw Annie, but

she still had the same old attitude that never ceased to make people worry.

With that, Annie went downstairs obediently while everyone else was whispering among themselves.

After Annie left, Anya sighed and said to Jeremy, “Don’t you think you’re too harsh on Annie? Since

she’s already here, why couldn’t you have let her enjoy herself a bit before leaving? Even if she’s late,

she can always sleep at my place. I could also ask my driver to send her home too.”

“She’s got a bad temper. You won’t be able to control her.”

Anya smiled softly and said, “Oh… How so? I think her personality is pretty good. She’s a bit like my

younger brother, Sunny. They’re both stubborn and mischievous at times, but they’re still very

sensible!”

Jeremy ignored Anya completely and looked up to stare at Corinne. It was almost as if thousands of

invisible threads came out from his pupils and wrapped tightly all around her.

Corinne could feel the pressure, and her heart was starting to become flustered despite maintaining her

calm exterior. If she had the chance to leave that place, she would do so without the slightest

hesitation.