“A nutritionist will prepare lunch for you later, Corinne. Is there anything you’d like to eat for dinner? I’ll get the ingredients after work.”

Since Corinne chose to stay with them, she might as well treat herself to whatever she wanted. She thought about it for a moment and said, “I’d like to eat some grilled meat.”

Lucas frowned, apparently unhappy at her request. “You should go easy on greasy food.”

Rather than protest, Corinne said, “Oh. Then I’ll order some food delivery.”

Lucas had no choice but to change his tone. “Okay, I’ll shop for some vegetables and meats after I get off work. We’ll have some grilled food when I come back.”

Corinne grunted softly and lowered her head to eat some bacon. She took a bite and said in a sullen tone, “Don’t forget to get that painting as soon as possible.”

She wanted to get her hands on the painting as soon as she could so Jeremy would no longer be able to blackmail her into doing annoying things.

Lucas nodded. “I won’t forget about it.”

occurred to Sunny. He took advantage of Lucas’ good mood and asked boldly, “Our school has been turned into an exam venue today, and we don’t have any

shot his younger

boring to be alone at home, and I’d appreciate

turned gentle in an instant. He then glanced at his insolent younger brother and said,

nodded earnestly and said, “Don’t worry, Lucas!

“I have to go now. Be good, and call me

answered with a soft

Lucas left, Sunny immediately stood up and slabbed some peanut butter on a piece of toast. He handed it to Corinne and said,

an eyebrow and looked at the evenly spread peanut butter toast. She then looked at

“Can’t I be nice to

want something

grinned after she saw through him. “No, of course not! I just realized how effective your words are with Lucas! I just need to get on

the act. You’re not going anywhere today,” Corinne

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