Chapter 535

Chapter 535

In any case, Corinne might as well apply the ointment on her burn wounds since Jeremy so kindly gave

it to her.

“Thanks,” said Corinne coolly. She decided to forgo delving into how Jeremy knew her hand.

was burned.

While opening and packaging and applying the ointment on her throbbing hand, she said, “In any case,

“The bottom line is I didn’t hurt that kid. It was the waiter who accidentally threw the hot soup on him.”

At that moment, Jeremy’s eyes seemed to have lost their focus. He looked at her through the haze of

cigarette smoke and asked emotionlessly, “Did I ask you that?”

Corinne frowned. “Then why did you ask me to follow you here? Don’t tell me you did that just to give

me this ointment.”

Jeremy did not answer her. He narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on the sparkling diamond ring on

her ring finger. “Miss Carew, why are you still wearing the wedding ring my family gave you when

you’re remarried to another man?”

Corinne was speechless. She thought it was not accurate for him to use the word “remarried” since the

two of them were never really married in the first place! ‘Has he forgotten that ours was only a marriage

of convenience? And it’s not like I like this ring!’

“Well, I would have taken it off if I could! But it seems like there’s a contraption keeping this ring stuck

to my finger. Why don’t you give me one of those special liquids your family makes and I’ll take this ring

right here and right now so that you can give it to your future wife.”

Jeremy looked coldly at her with caliginous eyes. “There’s no need for that since my future. wife

deserves something new.”

Corinne was stunned but then she quickly frowned. ‘Is he trying to imply something by saying that?

Does he mean he’ll never let his future wife wear something that has been used before or that he’ll

never accept a divorced woman as his wife? Wait a minute! He’s making fun of the fact that he has

already used me and now I’m just a second-hand good to my husband!’

The thought made Corinne immensely upset. However, she was not going to let him get away with

commenting on that so she chuckled coldly and said, “Forgive me for being blunt but unfortunately,

your future wife won’t be able to escape her fate of using a second-hand good since you’re a second-

hand good yourself!”

Jeremy’s face stiffened a little before rage broke out all over his face. His comment was only reserved

for the ring and it did not mean what Corinne thought it meant. ‘Huh! She’s the one who misunderstood

me and yet that didn’t stop her from coming up with a clapback so quickly!’

He glared at her for a long while but then thought nothing good would come out of him arguing with her

so in the end, he gruffly said, “You can leave once you’re done putting on the ointment.”

“Huh?” Corinne was once again stunned. Thinking she heard wrong, she looked at him in bewilderment

and asked, “Are you saying that I can leave, Mister Jeremy?”

Jeremy puffed out a cloud of smoke. “Yes. I’ll handle the rest of the matter so you may leave now.”

He then threw his cigarette down on the floor and stepped on it before turning around and exiting the

stairwell.

Corinne remained rooted to her spot. She looked down at the tube of ointment in her hand and thought

back to what Jeremy said and his attitude toward her.

‘This is odd! So he never suspected that I was the one who hurt his son? Did he call me over here just

to allow me to escape?