The girl quickly took out her phone. "Mister Jeremy, if you don't mind, can we exchange phone numbers?"
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Corinne was in the taxi when Jeremy called. She looked briefly at the caller ID before answering her phone.
"Where are you?" asked Jeremy in his deep voice.
"I'm in the taxi on my way home," said Corinne neutrally.
"Why didn't you wait for me?" he asked unhappily.
"I didn't want to bother you since you rarely have the time to hang out with your friends."
Jeremy pursed his lips for a few seconds before saying sternly, "Where are you now? I'll go pick you up right away!"
"No, that won't be necessary since I'm almost home. You just have fun, okay? I'm going to hang up now. Bye."
Corinne quickly hung up after that.
After she reached the Holdens' mansion, she immediately questioned herself why she came back there. She chalked it down as her needing some time to collect her thoughts before deciding what to do next.
There were only a few servants on standby in the living room since Greg and Pamela had retired for the night.
As soon as Corinne walked upstairs, she bumped into Francine, who seemed like she had just come out of her room and was about to go downstairs.
"No."
Francine crossed her arms and pouted. "Corinne, I'm not taking sides here, but you should know how hard it is for Jeremy to find time to spend with you. You shouldn't fight with him after all the trouble he had taken to come back here."
Corinne scoffed. "Fine. It's all my fault. But don't worry. Your brother is going to give you a new sister-in-law who's kind and thoughtful soon!"
Francine was speechless. She did not expect Corinne to react like that.
After her little outburst, Corinne ignored Francine and went back into her room.
Francine immediately knew she had misspoken. She scratched her head and was about to apologize to Corinne when Corinne slammed the door in her face.
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