Annie excitedly said, “Uncle Jeremy must’ve come all the way here to see you, but he’s too embarrassed to come up here. Older men and their fragile masculinity, am I right? Let me call him up!”

After staring at Jeremy for a few seconds, Corinne reached out to close the curtains. “He’s not welcome here.” Out of sight, out of mind.

Corinne’s indifference made the excitement on Annie’s face disappear. She pouted helplessly and secretly opened the curtains to take a peek. Jeremy and the car were both gone. ‘Why did he have to leave so quickly? Can’t you stand there a while longer just to show your sincerity?’

Corinne did not feel like lying down again after being pulled out of bed. “Didn’t you say you wanted to eat? Let’s go and eat, then.”

Annie nodded and forced a smile. “Yeah! Let’s eat.”

Corinne came out of the room and went to the dining room where she took her seat at the main seat of the table.

Annie no longer felt that awkward when she sat next to Aaron.

into the food. Annie managed to produce some delicious food with her excellent cooking skills. She became

eating, his intrusive thoughts got the better of him and he asked, “Hey, Corinne, will you acknowledge Xante as your godmother once your baby is

some food on his plate and hinted

that he had asked an inappropriate question, and he insisted on getting

said,

then technically, I’m the baby’s godfather too! That means I’ll have a

Everyone was speechless.

to wrap her head around how a mature, independent

awkward after Sunny’s remark, but fortunately for everyone, the

said, “It must be Uncle Jeremy! He probably can’t hold himself from wanting to meet

reaction. Corinne merely staggered slightly while she was taking some more food, and there did not seem to be any special

soon as Annie opened the door, her smile gradually disappeared. Her eyes were filled with

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