Chapter 512

Corinne stood alone in the emergency lane. There was only pitch-black darkness around her which would sometimes be punctuated with the light from an oncoming car.

It was dangerous to walk on a highway as one could accidentally get hit by a car, so Corinne did not walk along the highway after she got out of the car. Instead, she turned on the flashlight on her phone so that the cars would know she was there and at the same time, she called Xante.

“Xante, where are you?”

“I’m in Yrimir, remember? You were the one who asked me to come here to negotiate the buying of Vita Company. I took the flight out this morning.”

Corinne pinched the space between her brows. ‘Ugh, the pregnancy brain must’ve made me forget that Xante is out of the country.’

wrong, boss? How did Missus Benet’s

in Yrimir.

up the phone and called Aaron. However, after waiting and waiting,

is that

sound of the automated voice operator came on the phone. ‘Come on. Think, Corinne! There must be some other way to get out of

in the cold and dark night all alone. After all, she had been through worse when she was little. However, she was pregnant, and there was no way

if she stayed out on the highway, which would mean the baby would suffer as well, and there was no medicine she could take. However, there was a chance her name would be all over tomorrow’s newspaper headline if she were to call

glaring light suddenly shone on her, causing

slowly put down her arms and opened her eyes after the driver turned off the headlights and put on the hazard lights. She saw Tommy coming down from

get in the car,” he said respectfully.

plate number seems familiar… It’s Jeremy’s car! What’s he doing on the highway? Neither

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