Chapter 509

Chapter 509

Jason did not answer her, but he did not shake her hands off either.

After a while, there was finally some light. The manor’s butler came rushing into the banquet hall with a

flashlight in his hand.

“Dear guests, please do not panic. It’s just a circuit trip. We’ve already asked someone to fix it, and the

light will come back soon enough,” announced the butler in a bid to reassure everyone.

“Please fix it as soon as possible. My girlfriend is afraid of the dark.”

“Ugh. That really gave us a fright.”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. There’s no need to be scared. It’s just a circuit trip.”

After a minute or so, the lights in the banquet hall came back on. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and

went back to what they were doing.

Unfortunately, Zeke-who was still standing in the middle of the dance floor-had already put on his

clothes and was tying up his tie.

He smirked at his friends and said, “Sorry guys. I finished the strip show when the electricity was out.

Too bad you all didn’t get to see it.”

Jason, Gerald, Jeremy, and Corinne were all speechless. In fact, Corinne heavily suspected that

Zeke was the one behind the blackout. Otherwise, it was too much of a coincidence for the circuit to trip

just when he was going to take off his pants.

It was not that she really wanted to see Zeke naked. She just thought it was a pity that he did not get

the full punishment when he was the one who deliberately egged her on to raise the bet during the card

game.

Since the lights had come back on, Corinne let go of Jason’s arm. She then looked up at him and said,

“Thank you. Earlier…”

She stopped talking mid-sentence because when she looked up, it was not Jason’s face she saw but

Jeremy’s. His face was emotionless and cold, as usual.

‘Jeremy? How could it be him? He wasn’t standing here before the blackout.’

It never crossed Corinne’s mind that the man she had grabbed in the dark would be Jeremy. She

instinctively took a step back to get away from him.

However, coincidentally at that moment, the waiter who Jason had asked to bring a glass of juice for

Corinne was coming up from behind her with that glass of juice in his hand. The waiter did not expect

Corinne to step back and was caught off guard, causing the tray in his hand to nearly fall onto Corinne.

“Look out!”

Jeremy pulled Corinne into his embrace in the nick of time, and that was how Corinne was able to

avoid knocking over the waiter, who at the same time managed to stabilize the tray in his hand.

Not only did Corinne not get away from Jeremy, but she was actually closer to him more than ever. Her

cheeks were squished against his strong chest, and she could feel the air thickening with tension.

“Jeremy!” shouted Anya suddenly.

Her voice pulled Corinne out of her trance, and she looked to where Anya’s voice came from.

Anya was standing not far away from them with Joey in her arms. She blinked innocently and frowned.

Lucas and Rosie were also beside her, and the two of them were staring daggers at Corinne.

In that instant, Corinne quickly pulled herself away from Jeremy’s embrace to make room for Anya and

Joey.

Anya walked over to Jeremy and said gently, “Jeremy, there was a blackout. Both Joey and I were so

scared and he kept crying for you.”