“What? Uncle Jeremy isn’t here? Why are you here, then?” asked Annie in confusion.

“He asked me to stay here to protect Miss Corinne.”

Annie’s lips twitched. “Oh my god, he’s hopeless! Doesn’t he know that what Corinne needs now is for him to spend time with her instead of asking you to stay to protect her? Ugh. You know what? Forget it! I’m going to see Corinne now.”

After that, she went into Corinne’s room with a box of chocolates in her hand.

Tommy sighed helplessly. He then texted Jeremy, [Mister Jeremy, are you going to visit Miss Corinne later?]

A few minutes later, he received a reply from him. [Did she say she wants to see me?]

[No. She didn’t say anything.]

Jeremy replied faster. [Okay. All you need to do is keep

sighed again.

had just put away his phone when

some chocolates. “Here, these are for

me?” repeated Tommy with surprise. “Oh, it’s okay, Miss Annie.

to you. She said you’ve been standing guard here the whole day without eating or resting. She even told me to get you a chair and

chair from the dining table before running

touched by the gesture. ‘Miss Corinne might not welcome me here, but she still

working for a greedy capitalist

good to me. He never stopped me from having a break or going out

with him before. Once was enough for

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