Corinne turned to find Pamela smiling at her from the kitchen.
"Come have your breakfast, Corinne. We saved some for you."
Corinne nodded, walked to the dining room, and sat at the table. Pamela instructed the servant to serve her some piping hot breakfast before she sat down next to her.
"Dig in, Corinne."
Pamela was absolutely glowing with happiness, and the reason for that was, of course, Jeremy.
"Grandma, why didn't anyone wake me up this morning?" asked Corinne after she took a bite of her food.
Pamela grinned and said, "Well, Jeremy wouldn't let anyone do that. He asked us to let you sleep in since you had an exhausting day yesterday. Eat more, Corinne. You need all the energy you can get. They always say that 'absence makes the heart grow fonder', so I'm sure you have a lot of catching up to do with each other."
Corinne started blushing when she heard that. 'D*mn it! Jeremy must've said something to make Grandma think we were up to no good last night!'
"Um… Grandma, last night, Jeremy and I slept in se…"
"I know, I know. It's totally understandable to want to do that after not seeing each other for so long. There's no need to be shy!" said Pamela before Corinne could tell her they had slept in separate rooms.
'Oh my god. This is so embarrassing,' thought Corinne. She decided not to make things worse by trying to explain herself.
"Ahem! I'll be going out later, so can you and Francine please look after the kids for me?" she asked.
Pamela nodded. "You're going to the company to look for Jeremy, right?"
Corinne nodded. "Yeah. I have to explain to him what happened during the three years he was away from the company."
"I understand. Go ahead. Don't worry about the kids; plenty of people will be looking after them here," said Pamela.
The secretary brought in a cup of coffee for her. "Miss Corinne, Mister Jeremy is still in a meeting. It should be over soon though, so please wait a moment."
"Okay," said Corinne. She then sat at the president's desk and started flipping through some documents.
The secretary retreated out of the office quietly.
Corinne took a sip of her coffee. She snapped shut the documents after seeing Jeremy had already signed all of them.
After a while, Jeremy came back to his office. His icy gaze softened when he saw Corinne sitting at his desk and leisurely drinking coffee.
"Why are you here so early?" he asked.
Corinne took a sip of her coffee before answering, "It's nearly lunchtime. Have you forgotten that I said I'm going to take you somewhere today?"
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