Corinne had to pass by Jeremy to reach that sexy man, and though she did not look at Jeremy, she could still feel the mixed emotions coming from his gaze.
She walked over without paying attention to him, but someone stuck out their foot from nowhere and tripped her!
In that split second, Corinne lost her center of gravity and fell on Jeremy’s muscular chest.
The rowdy onlookers fell silent for an instant, and the atmosphere turned deathly quiet.
Zeke wanted to stir things up a little, so he blew a whistle that eradicated the still atmosphere. Everyone started to whisper to each other.
“Bold of her to choose Mister Jeremy!”
“Isn’t she aware of who he is? How dare she touch him!”
“She seems to have done it on purpose!”
“Isn’t it obvious? Which woman in New Capital City wouldn’t want to get close to Mister Jeremy?”
“I bet Mister Jeremy will shove her away. He’s not the kind who’ll let any random woman cop a feel of him.” When Corinne looked up, her black eyelashes fluttered, and she had a helpless look of embarrassment in her eyes. “Mister…”
Jeremy raised his eyebrows. “What were you thinking of doing?”
Corinne sighed and explained, “Don’t get me wrong, mister! I wasn’t going to choose you!”
Jeremy narrowed his eyes coldly. “Weren’t you, now?”
Corinne nodded. “I wasn’t! The person I chose is standing over right away.”
She was about to get up when she heard the man running over and scolding her, “Do you have a death wish or something? How dare you touch Mister Jeremy? Get up right now so you don’t piss him off!”
Corinne wanted to get up, of course, but Jeremy’s big hand suddenly pressed down on the back of her waist and stopped her from straightening herself.
The mature and solemn Jeremy glanced up coldly, and he stared calmly at the playboy. “And what if I don’t want her to get up?”
That was her first kiss in the true sense of the word, and although it was devoid of any emotion, it nonetheless made her feel a little embarrassed to have it happen in front of everyone!
Jeremy could feel the shyness and embarrassment of the girl in his arms, and he stroked the back of Corinne’s head with his coarse hands as if comforting his frightened little pet.
Then, the man raised his eyebrows and looked at the dumbstruck man who played the game with Corinne earlier. “Isn’t that enough? Are you considering playing some other game? Perhaps you want me to play with you?”
The man came back to his senses and waved his hands in fear. “No, not at all! I’ll leave you to it, then. I won’t bother you again!” he said, then turned around and ran away.
“Stop!” Annie walked over and put her hands on her hips.
The man stood in place and asked cautiously, without any trace of his smugness from before, “What else do you need from me?”
Annie stretched out her hand. “Give me my phone back!”
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