"They all said you were dead, Jeremy, but I didn't believe any of it! I knew you wouldn't leave us so easily! I'm so glad I held on to my beliefs! It's such a relief to see you alive!"
Jeremy nodded. "Sorry you had to worry about me."
Sophia suddenly had a melancholic expression. "What about Corinne..."
Jeremy opened his mouth. "She—"
"That's right! Corinne was nowhere to be found!" Francine ran over and said to Jeremy after hearing Sophia mention Corinne's name. She was back after she helped Pamela take a seat at the police station.
Sophia had a worried expression. "Corinne is pregnant and missing. This isn't a good sign. If something happens to her, then—"
"Were you looking forward to something to happen to me, Miss Sophia?" Corinne interrupted Sophia's words insipidly.
Both Sophia and Francine were startled to hear Corinne's voice. They looked toward the door of the interrogation room and saw Corinne walking out calmly.
When Jeremy saw her, he came to her and reached out to support her.
Francine was overjoyed. "Sister-in-Law!"
Sophia had a contrived expression. "Corinne? So you're... You're here too! That's good!"
Corinne was not surprised at her blatant lies and snorted softly. "What reason do I have to make false accusations?"
Sophia frowned and had a frustrated expression. "I know that you've always hated me because Jeremy and I are legally married, but I've already explained to you that we got the marriage certificate as a personal favor between friends. There's nothing else to it. This is just one big misunderstanding! You can't just falsely accuse me of something I didn't do just because you're jealous of that!"
"Falsely accuse you?" Corinne had to contain her laughter. "Then let me ask you this: Did you print those leaflets and hire someone to throw them in the Riveras' yard so I would see the news of Jeremy's death? Didn't you want to stir my emotions to the point where it might affect my baby?
"Did you also spread rumors that Jeremy's grandparents made a will and wanted to pass on all the Holdens' assets to the baby in my fetus? Wasn't that an act of turning me into a target for those gangsters?
"You helped me escape from the hospital and led me to the ruins with the plan of either having those gangsters take me away, harm me, or get rid of my baby to avoid any other trouble in the future! You didn't expect me to survive all that and come out unscathed, which I'm sure you have difficulty accepting."
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