Corinne looked at Annie's delicate, fair-complexioned face. 'You're pretty, but your IQ leaves much to be desired.'
"You're beautiful, but you're just not his type."
Annie blinked. "I'm not? Then what's his type?"
Corinne said, "You don't have to worry about that anymore, and you no longer have to seduce him. Jeremy and I are together now."
Annie was surprised. "You reconciled with him? When?!"
"Yesterday." Corinne nodded. She glanced at the time before turning to look at the Holden Group's entrance.
"It's only been a day, then. Still, I'm glad you reconciled with him! I can rest at ease for a while now, or I'm worried he'd start to suffer from depression!"
"Don't you think your impression of him is a little too fragile? Even if I don't reconcile with him, he wouldn’t go so far as to get depressed and mope over it!"
Annie said very seriously, "He will, I swear! My uncle cares about you too much! You have to believe me on this! He'll get depressed without you by his side, so you must promise never to leave him again!"
Corinne still felt that Annie was exaggerating. She placed her arms on the table, rested her chin lazily on her palm, and gazed thoughtfully at the Holden Group building. Though she no longer doubted her position in Jeremy's heart, she sometimes felt that everything was a little surreal. Her first encounter with him was so dramatic and disharmonious that she never expected them to one day turn into lovers.
Annie then suddenly leaned over furtively, "So... Since you and Uncle Jeremy have gotten back together… Do you think you can help me?"
Corinne snapped back to her senses and looked at Annie. "With what?"
Corinne said, "No, you're more than good enough for him. He's the one who isn't good enough to be with you." She was not trying to belittle Aaron on purpose—Aaron was simply terrible at dating.
Every girl who dated him ended up heartbroken.
Annie shook her head. "He's so handsome! Why isn't he good enough to be with you? I'm begging you, Corinne! Just help me! He's exactly the kind of guy I like!"
Corinne did not know how to deal with her lovestruck niece. She glanced out the window and saw Jeremy coming out of the Holden Group. Her eyes then lit up immediately as if she had seen her savior.
"Annie, look! Uncle Jeremy just got off work!"
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