Corinne sat in the car as Lucas brought her back to the Holdens. She seemed to be lost in thought as she leaned against the window.

Lucas turned to her and asked, "Is Jeremy all right?"

"He's fine," Corinne replied wearily, "nothing serious happened."

Lucas then asked, "When do you plan to set the plan in motion?"

"Soon." Corinne narrowed her eyes.

Sunny escorted Xante back to his father's ward. Xante intended to leave the hospital with Corinne, but Sunny had been teasing her so much in the hospital hallway that she had no choice but to go back with him. It was nothing short of embarrassing.

hospital bed. Upon seeing the two of them return, he sat up and

been one to take advantage of other people, but since she returned with Sunny, she had no choice but to use Corinne as her subject of conversation. "I've heard that you're quite concerned about Corinne's well-being. Sunny mentioned that you've been feeling down today and that you'd like to hear more about her. Corinne and

for dragging you into this, boss. It'll be too awkward here if I

gained a bit of

say

then turned to Sunny and said, "Don't just stand there! Get a chair for your

been searching for a chair in the room because he could not bear to see his darling standing, but there were none available inside the ward. He then decided to bring over a sofa from the adjacent ward and

As she sat down, Sunny seized the opportunity to hug her waist. Though she did not consider herself a prude in any way, she still had some measure of reservedness in front of those who were older than her. She reached out and pushed away Sunny's advances with

shy, Xante! My dad is an easy-going and open-minded person! He used to be even wilder than us!" Maxwell and

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