Corinne waved her hand. “You don’t have to say anything; my mind is made up. Have the car wait for me at eight o’clock tomorrow morning. And don’t tell Grandma Pamela anything about this—I don’t want her to worry.”

As reluctant as Tommy was about the plan, he did not try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he nodded and said, “Yes, Ma’am.”

“That’ll be all for now. You may leave now.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

After Tommy left, Corinne stayed seated on the chair. ‘Ugh, this is so tiring,’ she thought while rubbing her temples. She would have preferred to ask Aaron to help with the arrangement, but he had not returned from attending a seminar abroad.

Xante, too, was not in the city, and Corinne did not want to ask her to come back for such a trivial matter. Thus, that left only Tommy to handle the arrangement. It was just as well as it would make it look more legit if a staff member from the Holden family helped Corinne request an audience with Phoebe.

After all, out of the two of them, only Jeremy was Joey’s legal guardian.

Phoebe won’t treat Joey too harshly…’ thought Corinne while rubbing her pregnant belly as though it would make the baby grow faster. Perhaps it was her maternal instincts kicking in as she would be a mother, but she could not

Corinne walked out of the study, only to bump into

to leave. Whenever Chester was around, Francine

immediately lit up when he saw

smiled at him. “Hey, Chester. Thanks

is all mine. I’m sure people will be fighting over my job if they know I get to work in such a luxurious environment. Plus, the job itself isn’t too hard either,” said Chester with a

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just glad you don’t find

puffed up her cheeks in protest. She was not happy at being roasted in front

basics in some subjects, but she more than makes up for it with

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