After Corinne woke up, she came out to see Tommy standing straight at the door.

“Tommy, you can let your guard down a little. Miss Phoebe isn’t stupid enough to do anything to me for the time being,” she said while massaging her temples.

“Ma’am, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Miss Phoebe always looks like she wants to strangle you,” said Tommy with a frown.

Corinne smiled. “As if she could ever do that.”

Tommy sighed. “Ma’am, are you sure you want to stay here? Honestly speaking, Mister Joey looks fine to me. Why don’t you wait until Mister Jeremy is back? The two of you can pick Mister Joey up together afterward.”

Corinne could not help but feel her heart ache whenever she thought of poor Joey.

“You can’t possibly think he’s being treated well here. He might not be Jeremy’s biological son, but that doesn’t mean I can just abandon him here! The moment Jeremy adopted him is the moment he committed to taking care of him, for better or for worse. Plus, I’m pretty sure Jeremy won’t sit by and do nothing if he saw how scared Joey was of Phoebe.”

his mouth to say something but decided against it. ‘She’s right. Mister Jeremy won’t sit by and do nothing. He has a very strong sense of responsibility. If not, he wouldn’t have let Miss Anya use him for so many years

“You can go back to New Capital City if you have something else to do. I can handle everything

Ma’am. I don’t have anything waiting for me back in the city, so it’s no

rubbed her belly and said, “I’m starving. Get the kitchen

here. What if Miss Phoebe decides to poison your food as revenge?” said Tommy warily. “It’ll be disastrous if you eat the food. We’re in the mountains where the good hospitals are miles away,

was not unfounded, she still was not happy about

waved his hand. “No. I can bring you out to eat if you’re hungry. The local government is trying to develop this area into a tourist destination, so there are some nice homestays nearby where you can

you’re not worried I’ll eat something I shouldn’t have

best option is to go back home. If not, Mister Greg and Miss Pamela

into her room to put on a jacket. “Cut the crap and bring me to the homestay now. As for Grandpa Greg and Grandma Pamela, I’ll call them later to

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