Chapter 869

Chapter 869

After that, the poker-faced Lucas-with his suit jacket flung over his shoulder- walked past Maxwell.

Maxwell was used to Lucas’ indifferent behavior toward him and thus did not blame him or was

provoked. Lucas was unwilling to speak to him ever since Emily and Corinne left the family.

Maxwell sat on the bench, narrowed his eyes, and looked toward the parking lot.

Jeremy twisted open the cap of the yogurt drink and passed it to Corinne to drink. After taking a big

mouthful, she put the bottle near Jeremy’s lips, but she cheekily pulled it away again and burst out in

laughter when he opened his mouth.

The look in Maxwell’s eyes softened. ‘She really does look like Emily when she was younger. It’s been

ten years… I wonder how Emily is doing?”

Jeremy went up to shower after getting home. Corinne told him she wanted to watch the TV in the

living room for a while, so she did not follow him upstairs. However, what she really did was to go into

the kitchen.

‘Mister mustn’t have eaten yet since he went straight to the Riveras’ place to pick me up after work,’

she thought. Many things happened after that, and it was not till nighttime that they came home.

Corinne washed her hands, put on an apron, and made Jeremy a big bowl of noodles. A servant came

in to help her but was promptly waved away. ‘It’s not like I’m cooking anything complicated. Having

another person here will just mess up my flow.’ After chopping the tomatoes, she proceeded to whisk

some eggs when she heard loud footsteps coming toward the kitchen. She continued to whisk the eggs

when a few seconds later, Francine walked in and looked around to make sure Jeremy was not in the

kitchen too before asking angrily, “What are you trying to pull, Corinne?”

Not stopping what she was doing, Corinne raised her eyebrow and glanced at Francine. “What’s the

matter? You want me to make you something, too?”

Francine rolled her eyes at her. “Who wants to eat your stinky food? I’m asking you what you’re trying

to pull with the parcel you asked Bowen to give me today.”

Corinne smiled. “Oh, that! That’s a gift I specially picked out for you.”

“Gift?” repeated Francine unhappily. “You should be embarrassed to call that a gift! I’ve never ever

seen such a cheap gift in my life!”

She kept waving the book in her hand as she spoke.

“Cheap? I gave you a practice book to help you increase your knowledge. Isn’t that a good thing? Don’t

you know that knowledge is the most precious wealth there is? It’s so much better than those useless

bags and shoes you have.”

Francine gritted her teeth and scoffed. “I wouldn’t be this p*ssed if you didn’t give me a practice book

meant for elementary school kids!”

“Well… I was kinda worried you wouldn’t be able to do the practice question if I gave you any higher

than that.”

Francine never felt so humiliated in her life. “Corinne, you’re the stupid one here! In fact, your whole

family is stupid!” she said hysterically.

Corinne smirked. “Well, why don’t you prove me wrong then? I’ll buy you ten Hermes bags if you can

get at least half of the practice questions right.”