As things progressed to that point, Anya had no choice but to sacrifice her mother to save herself. After all, it was better for one than for both of them to lose the trust of the family.

Even though she had no idea what Corinne was thinking, she had no qualms about the version of the story Corinne gave. It was more important for her to uphold her innocent girl image so she could live to see another day.

Corinne gently tucked Anya’s hair before her ear. “Yeah, that’s what I thought, too. I mean, you were kind enough to save Jeremy. Not only that, but you nearly lost your life and became infertile after that… A brave and kind-hearted girl like you would never do something like poisoning me, right?”

Anya could not help but start to feel uneasy at all the praise Corinne was heaping on her, so much so a chill ran up her spine. ‘Why would Corinne speak up for me? She’s definitely up to no good.”

Corinne frowned and said worriedly, “I suddenly remember something, Miss Anya. Is your body okay after drinking all that pomegranate juice? Do you feel pain anywhere?”

Anya still had her guard up toward Corinne, but she had to play along with her. She shook her head and said innocently, “I’m fine. Sorry to make you worry, Corinne.”

overdosing on saffron, I went online to look for more information, and I

her. “Thank you, but I’m really okay. There’s really no need for me to do a checkup.”

stubbornly. “No! You drank the whole glass, remember? Sunny only drank half a glass, and look at what happened to him! I think it’s best if you go do a checkup.”

body checkup, so she stood her ground, too. “No! I’m really okay. Besides, I threw

place, causing her to nearly blurt out something she

eyebrow and cocked her head in mock surprise. “What’s that you said? You threw up most of it already? But Miss Anya, didn’t you say you didn’t throw up just now? And why would you do

tensed up. Her mind started to race for

didn’t throw up! I… What I meant to say was…I got the urge to pee after drinking the pomegranate juice. That was why I

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