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.

resting on his hospital bed. Upon seeing the two of them return,

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

dragging you into this, boss. It'll be too awkward here if I don't talk about you,' Xante

face lit up, and he seemed to have gained a bit

say that."

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

his darling standing, but there were none available inside the ward. He then decided to bring over a sofa from the adjacent ward

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

out for her waist again. "Don't be shy, Xante! My dad is an easy-going

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