It was not an employee who walked it. It was Sunny!
Sunny's reaction at seeing Corinne was even grander than hers. "My god, Corinne, you look like a blimp!"
Corinne was speechless. 'Guess he's still the same thoughtless boy six months ago.'
Sunny walked up to her to take a closer look. "But you still look cute."
Corinne raised an eyebrow. "Don't you have class today?"
Sunny shrugged and said haughtily, "I did go to class, but it's lunch break now. I heard Xante is going to pick you up today, so I came to see you."
Corinne placed her cup on the table. She then looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Does your family know about you and Xante?"
Sunny scratched his head awkwardly. "Uh… Lucas knows about it, but not the others. It's not that I don't want to tell my parents, but Xante wouldn't let me. She said she's not ready to meet the parents yet."
Corinne looked at his immature face and instantly worried about leaving Xante with him. "What are you going to do if your family doesn't approve of you two being together?"
Sunny crossed his legs and thought about it. "I'll keep persuading them until they accept her."
"And what if after all the persuading they still don't approve?"
"Well, that's simple! I'll just run away from home and move in with Xante. I don't mind taking up her surname. It's not like she doesn't have the money to take care of me."
Normally, Xante would just ignore Sunny whenever he said something childish like that. However, her boss was there, so she could not help but feel embarrassed.
She pinched the bridge of her nose and said, "There's still the risk of your legs never healing even with all the best medical care. That means you'll become a cripple. Do you think I'll care about you then?"
"Yes!" answered Sunny without hesitation.
Xante scoffed. "You think too highly of me. I'll never sacrifice myself for someone else."
Sunny frowned unhappily. "Xante, I know you don't mean that and will take care of me if I really end up as a cripple."
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