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Sophia pretended to be shocked. “Mister Lucas, do you have any proof I was behind the fliers? You shouldn’t accuse
me if you don’t have any proof. I swear I’m only here to make sure Corinne is okay as Jeremy’s friend. I mean, I
thought it’s the least I could do since Jeremy is not with us anymore…”
She started to get teary as she spoke.
Lucas never fell for a trick like this. He was in a rush to get back to Corinne, so he wanted to cut his conversation
short. “That’s enough. You’re not welcome here. Corinne doesn’t want to see you at all.”
Realizing she would need to take a harder approach with Lucas, Sophia said steelily, “Mister Lucas, can I ask what
your relationship is with Corinne? What right do you have to speak on her behalf? What right do you have to stop
me from seeing her?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Of course I have the right. As for what my relationship with Corinne is, that’s none of your business,” replied Lucas
coldly. After that, he stepped into the pantry room. He thought that Sophia would not back down so easily, so he
was pleasantly surprised when she did not follow him in.
After he filled up the thermos with some warm water, he went back to the corridor and saw Sophia nowhere in
sight. Not thinking too much about it, he quickly walked back to Corinne’s hospital room.
However, Corinne was nowhere to be found in her hospital room. Her hospital bed was empty with the blanket
thrown off.
Lucas’ pupils immediately shrank. He threw the thermos to the ground and quickly called the hospital to ask them
to seal off all exit points to prevent Corinne from leaving.
…
It was already too late; Corinne was already out of the hospital by then. She was in so much of a rush that she did
not even change out of her hospital gown.
She only stopped running when she came to a junction that was quite far from the hospital. Panting, she took out
her phone and was about to call Aaron when a red sports car stopped in front of her.
Alarm bells immediately started ringing in her head. She was afraid that it was Lucas’ men who came to haul her
back to the hospital, so she instinctively backed away from the car.
However, the car’s window slowly rolled down to reveal Sophia’s sultry face.
“Get in, Corinne. I’ll bring you to see Jeremy,” she said with a straight face.
Corinne sighed with relief when she saw it was Sophia and not Lucas’ men. However, she did not trust her either.
Sophia knew this too, so she said, “You were going to call either Xante or Aaron to pick you up, right? You should
know they won’t bring you to see Jeremy. They’ll just send you back to the hospital. Think about it. They knew what
happened to Jeremy long before you did, yet they decided to hide it from you, just like Lucas did. Why would they
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmbring you to see Jeremy?”
Corinne raised an eyebrow. “Then why would you bring me to see him?”
“Because I’m just like you; I don’t believe he’s dead. I’m going to the crime scene to look for clues. Of course, I’m
not familiar with the places here. Heck, I can’t even read some of the words in this country. It’ll make my work
easier if I bring you with me.”
Corinne stared at her thoughtfully when she heard Sunny shouting, “Corinne! Come back. You shouldn’t have run
off like that! Come back!”
‘Sh*t! He’s going to haul me back to the hospital if I don’t get in the car right now!’ thought Corinne. She glanced
back at Sunny and, without a moment’s hesitation, got into Sophia’s car.
However, because of her protruding belly, she found it awkward to fit herself into the sports car, so Sunny nearly
caught up to her. It was only due to Sophia’s quick reaction that she was able to get away from him.
She floored the gas pedal, and they left him in the dust.
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