Chapter 762

Chapter 762

By then, the firework show had ended and a strong gust was blowing. No one outside the balcony

noticed Anya’s arrival because of how loud the fireworks were, so they were surprised to see Corinne

and Jason talking on the sofa with Jeremy nowhere in sight when they came in. Zeke sat down and

asked, “Corinne, where’s Jeremy?”

Corinne pointed at the stairs with her chin. “He went up to the guest room.”

Annie sat beside Corinne and asked, “Why did Uncle Jeremy go up there? How could he leave you

alone here?”

Corinne did not answer and simply sipped her juice.

Annie, being the easily distractible child she was, did not think too much of it. She quickly

took out her phone to show Corinne the photos she took of the firework show. “Look, Corinne. Aren’t

they beautiful?”

Corinne looked down and saw Annie’s firework photos posted online had garnered a high number of

likes. She smiled and gave her a nod of approval. “Yeah, they are.”

“Right? That’s what I think, too!” said Annie happily. She busied herself with replying to the comments

under the photos.

Lucas walked over gracefully, carrying with him a gust of cold air. He then carefully sat down beside

Corinne and asked gently, “Why didn’t you stay till the end of the show? Don’t you like the blue

fireworks?”

Corinne glanced at him emotionlessly. “No, they were beautiful. Thank you. How much did the firework

show cost you? I’ll pay it back to you along with the cost of tonight’s dinner.”

Lucas nearly choked at her words. “The firework show and this dinner are my gifts to you. You don’t

have to pay me back,” he said with a frown.

Corinne smiled. “Thank you, but I can’t accept the gifts. After all, you and I are not friends or family, so I

insist on paying for everything. Otherwise, I won’t ever come here again.”

Her words cut deep into Lucas’ heart. He sighed heavily and said nothing more.

At that moment, a servant came with the blanket Lucas ordered him to bring. Lucas offered the blanket

to Corinne, saying, “It’s going to get colder with the wind howling like that. Put. this on so you won’t get

cold.”

“Thank you,” said Corinne with a smile as she accepted the blanket. However, instead of putting it over

herself, she put it over Annie’s shoulder. “Here you go, Annie. Don’t catch a cold now.”

Annie was so focused on replying to her friends’ messages that she was pleasantly surprised by the

sudden kind gesture. She looked at Corinne gratefully. “Thanks, Corinne. You’re so good to me.”

Even though Corinne was slightly younger than Annie, she treated the latter as if she was her little

sister. “Of course, you’re my niece-in-law now. Be a good girl and go back to playing with your phone,”

she said as she patted Annie’s head.

Lucas was speechless. ‘Grr, why is she so stubborn? It’s only a blanket. Seems like she’s

determined to not accept me as her brother.”

Meanwhile, Zeke and Jason were sitting and drinking some distance away from Corinne and the group

Zeke leaned toward Jason and whispered, “Jason, have you noticed how weird Lucas is acting today?

Why would a guy like him do all this stuff to make Corinne like him?”

Jason drank his wine and threw him a bored glance. “When are you ever going to stop gossiping about

other people?”

“Tsk! You’re not fun at all,” said Zeke huffily. He did not expect to receive such a cold. response from

Jason.

“Well, it’s still better than being a gossiper…” said Jason with a scoff.