Jason continued to walk beside Corinne. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively, “Corinne, I saw you
accepting the supper Jeremy brought you. Does that mean you’re willing to get back together with him?”
Corinne was a little taken aback by his question. However, she did not answer him. Instead, she asked him, “Mister
Jason, do you want to have some barbecued meat too?”
Jason was speechless. Even though she did not answer his question, he already guessed what it would be.
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBack in the living room, everyone started to drool with hunger as soon as they smelled the barbecued food.
Corinne passed the takeout to Annie.
“You guys dig in first. I need to go to the toilet.”
Annie peeked into the takeout box after she took it from Corinne’s. “Is this from Uncle Jeremy?”
Corinne did not answer her. Instead, she turned and walked toward the bathroom.
“Who else could it be from?” Sunny stood up and opened up the takeout box excitedly. He then grabbed a skewer
and passed it to Xante, who accepted it as though it was the most natural thing to do in the world.
After that, Aaron grabbed two skewers too—one for himself and one for Annie.
“Thanks,” said Annie with a little surprise as she took the skewer from him.
Aaron smiled. “There’s no need to thank me; I wasn’t the one who bought it. You should thank your Uncle Jeremy
instead. Thanks to him, we get to enjoy barbecued food at such an early hour in the morning.”
Annie pulled back her lips. “You go and thank him, then! It’s not like you don’t have his number.”
Aaron merely stared at her smilingly.
At that moment, Annie’s phone rang. She quickly put down her food and walked away to take the call when she saw
it was Marcus who was calling her.
‘Sh*t, I forgot to update Marcus that everything’s okay. He must be sick with worry right now! I hope he won’t be
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmad at me,’ thought Annie.
She answered the phone once she was at a quieter place. “Hey, Marcus.”
“Annie, where are you? Are you not home yet?” asked Marcus sadly.
“I’m at the Riveras’. Corinne is staying here for the moment, so I followed her back. Sorry for not calling you to tell
you just now,” said Annie sheepishly.
Marcus smiled bitterly. “It’s fine. I’m just glad you’re okay. I was so worried about you just now…”
This made Annie feel even guiltier. “I’m really sorry, Marcus. I was so happy to see Uncle Jeremy and Corinne
together that it slipped my mind… Please don’t get angry at me…”