Corinne recognized that voice. It was the same woman who picked up Jeremy’s phone when Francine called him last time.

She felt her heart inexplicably aching.

She did not ask him who the woman was as she trusted he would explain everything to her without needing to prompt him. To her surprise, he did no such thing.

Instead, he quickly said, “Hey, I gotta go now. Be a good girl and go to bed early, okay?”

Corinne did not even have a chance to ask what was happening when Jeremy hung up on her. She listened as the disconnected tone floated into her ear.

‘Who is that woman? Why didn’t he explain himself?’ she asked herself.

She threw her phone aside and climbed into her bed. Feeling sad and insecure, she hugged her pillow tightly and curled herself into a ball.

she grew up and gained the ability to protect herself, she no longer

back

shining brightly in the sky. The warm sunlight shone through the

saw was not the room’s furnishing but

the chest in front of her, and to her shock, it was

night in the

is this man sleeping beside me?’ Various possibilities flashed through Corinne’s mind before

he managed to sneak into my room last night!’ thought Corinne with shock. She quickly pushed the man away and looked under the

her disappointment, she

is not

up suddenly and screamed angrily

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