Chapter 786

Chapter 786

‘Moonlight? What a beautiful name. The color does remind me of the moonlight. I’ve never heard of this

flower before… It must be very rare,’ thought Corinne.

Corinne stared at the field of flowers as though in a trance. After a while, she asked, “Why are you

putting the fertilizer yourself? Don’t you have a gardener to do it for you?”

“They’re my wife’s favorite flower, and they’re very picky, you know. They’ll only grow if given the right

temperature, humidity, soil acidity, and as such. I’m worried the gardener won’t do the job well, so I

have taken it upon myself to take care of it.”

‘Wife? Is he talking about Anya’s mother? Ugh, does he think doing this makes him seem like a

romantic? Things wouldn’t have ended up like this if this old man treated my mom half of how he

treated Anya’s mom! What a hypocrite he is!

Corinne would inevitably get angry whenever she thought of how her mother was betrayed by the

Riveras. ‘It wouldn’t hurt as much if the betrayal came from other people, but how could her own

husband team up with others to bully her? That makes him no better than animals!’

At that thought of that, Corinne’s face darkened. She laughed coldly and said, “Forgive me for being

blunt, but why don’t you spend this time with your wife instead of putting fertilizers on the flower?

Wouldn’t that better show her how much you love her?”

Maxwell was a little taken aback by Corinne’s words. She was the first person who dared to speak so

bluntly with him. ‘So she’s not as mature as I thought her to be… And why is she glaring at me like I’ve

just killed her mother?!

He could not figure out why Corinne was so hostile toward him, but not wanting to argue with her, he

simply nodded and said, “You’re right. But call me young or call me foolish-some things are just too late

to do.”

Corinne was dumbfounded. Too late? What does he mean by that?’

“There you are, Corinne. You lying piece of sh*t!” Sunny suddenly popped into her sight, pointing and

cursing at her.

Corinne looked at him with her eyebrow raised. ‘So he’s here too.’

Maxwell frowned when he saw his youngest son being rude to their guest. “Sunny, how can you talk

like that to our guest? Where are your manners?”

It was only then Sunny noticed Maxwell was on the bench. He immediately toned down his attitude.

“Oh, Dad, you’re here too! Umm, I need to talk to Corinne, if that’s okay.”

“You can if you speak nicely to her. No more of that finger-pointing either. Also, she’s older than you, so

you need to address her as Miss Corinne!”

Sunny frowned and said grudgingly, “Ahem… Miss Corinne, may I have a word with you in private?”

Corinne nodded. “Sure.” She then turned to Maxwell and said coldly, “Now if you’ll excuse me, Mister

Maxwell.”

Maxwell took a sip of water from his thermos before saying softly, “Go ahead.”

He watched Corinne follow Sunny back to the mansion. Once they were out of his sight, he

closed his eyes and thought about his wife and daughter.

“Doing some gardening again, Daddy?”

A young woman’s voice pulled him out of memory lane. He opened his eyes and saw Anya’s face

looking down on him, causing his eyes to dim subtly.

“Yeah. What’s the matter, Anya?” he asked gently.