Chapter 972

Jeremy’s eyes darkened. “Corinne doesn’t want to accept you as her brother. Even if she does, I’ll

never allow her to do that!”

Lucas frowned. “Why? Is it because you’re afraid the bad blood between our families will affect your

relationship with Corinne?”

“Nothing can ever affect my relationship with Corinne. But, if she accepts your family as hers, it’ll make

her position awkward in my family. I can protect her when I’m with her, but it’s not like I can bring her

along wherever I go.

“Plus, I know her; she won’t like for me to do that too. Given how hard her life was when she was

young, I think it’s best if we don’t add any more trouble for her. It’s not wrong to keep the status quo

too, you know.”

After mulling over it, Lucas concluded that what Jeremy said was reasonable. “I’m all for keeping the

status quo for now, but I won’t stand by and do nothing if you hurt you.”

Jeremy drank a mouthful of the soda before saying confidently, “That’ll never happen.”

After a while, Edmund arrived at the apartment with the private nurse.

Corinne relayed the doctor’s orders to Edmund before leaving with Jeremy.

At first, Edmund was a little surprised to find Jeremy in Lucas’ apartment but less so after discovering

Corinne was there too.

‘This apartment holds a special meaning to Mister Lucas,’ he thought. ‘He rarely allows anyone to

come here. Even Miss Anya hasn’t been here before. Miss Corinne, however, is his long-lost sister and

the person he cares about the most. It’s not surprising he’d allow her to come here.’

“Mister Lucas, how did you hurt your foot? Has the driver been caught yet? Should I ask someone to

look into it,” Edmund asked.

“Jeremy will take care of that. Edmund, did you or the rest of the patrol team come across anyone

suspicious when patrolling around the Holdens’ mansion in the last few days?” replied Lucas.

Edmund shook his head. “None so far.”

Lucas narrowed his eyes. “Continue with the patrol, and remind them to be vigilant.”

“Yes, Mister Lucas!”

…

Three days later, Corinne held a press conference at Central Park. Before that, Aaron was tasked with

inviting all the major media players at home and abroad as exam invigilators. The press conference

was scheduled for eight o’clock in the morning, but the park was already jam-packed with reporters and

camera persons a little past seven o’clock.

Corinne was just a nobody to them. Before the scandal broke out, there was no information about her

at all. The only people who knew her were limited to her lecturers and ex-classmates at University of

New Capital City.

Thus, the only reason why the major media players would be interested in her was because there was

a rumor going around online that she was Jeremy Holden’s wife. The Holden Group was the richest

and more powerful company in the country, so any news about it would definitely attract attention.

This morning, Jeremy drove to his company after dropping Corinne off at Central Park. Aaron and

Xante’s car was parked nearby, and Corinne went to look for them before the reporters found out she

was there already.

It was not even half past seven when she got into their car, and she had no plans of getting out of the

car until the press conference began. She knew she would be hounded by the reporters to get an

exclusive interview should she get out before then.