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Chapter 798
Cedric frowned. He knew that the ‘partner’ Corinne referred to was Jeremy. It was such a shame that such a decent
young woman was rushed into the Holdens!
“What happened to your mother?” Beatrice asked again.
That question elicited Corinne’s frown, and there was a touch of aversion on her face. Cedric could tell that Corinne
was unhappy, so he told his wife off right away. “That’s enough, dear. Why are you so curious today? Stop asking
about Corinne’s past. We invited her here to thank her for saving my life. Now look at what you’ve done! Your
questions made her sad!” Beatrice noticed Corinne’s unease and apologized embarrassedly. “I’m sorry I brought up
your sad past, Corinne…”
“It’s okay.” Corinne shook her head gently. “I know that you were only asking out of concern for me.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHowever, she was still unable to rid herself of her suspicions. “Do you mind if I ask you one last question, Corinne?”
Cedric frowned. “How many more questions do you have for her? Stop asking and let her eat!” Corinne answered
calmly, “It’s fine, Grandpa Cedric. I’m already full, so I’m okay with letting Grandma Beatrice ask one final
question.”
Beatrice stared at her face carefully. “Corinne, did you have any moles on your face when you were young? Such
as between your eyebrows, for example?”
Her question left Cedric stunned for a moment. At long last, he finally understood where his. wife’s questions were
coming from and turned to look carefully at the area between Corinne’s
eyes.
Corinne shook her head. “No.”
Beatrice was still not content with that answer and continued to press on, “Are you sure you never had one? Is it
possible that your family brought you to remove it when you were young, but you just weren’t aware of it?”
Corinne smiled. “You’ve asked your final question before this one. Is it okay if I don’t answer this?”
Although Beatrice was very anxious, she could do nothing about it except smile awkwardly. ” I’m sorry for asking
too much again. If you’re full, we can move on to some dessert! Would you like to try some of the cookies I baked?”
She brought out a whole pile of cookies and placed them in front of Corinne.
Corinne went ahead and picked up a piece. She took a bite of the cookie and could not hide her surprise at the
delicious taste. “Wow! This is delicious! The sweetness is just right, and the taste is so much better than store-
bought ones!”
Beatrice smiled happily and felt as though she had received praise from her granddaughter. Eat some more, then!
I’ll bake more for you if it’s not enough!”
Corinne exercised her self-restraint and waved her hand. “One piece is more than enough. Jeremy won’t let me eat
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmtoo much sweet stuff. He’ll nag at me if he finds out.”
Cedric was upset to hear that. “I can’t believe he’d nag you for this. Does he usually treat you well?”
Corinne nodded and explained, “He treats me very well, and he doesn’t let me eat too much sweet stuff because
he wants me to take care of my health, not because he wants to restrict my freedom.”
Cedric hated the Holdens the most and snorted unhappily. “Corinne, if you one day realize that you no longer want
to be with him, you can always come to me and let me know. I can introduce you to someone better than him any
time!”
‘Someone better than Jeremy? I’m afraid such a person doesn’t exist, at least not in my opinion.’ Corinne smiled
helplessly. “Thank you for your kindness, but that won’t be necessary.”
A wave of distress and worry came over Cedric as he advised earnestly, “Just because you catch a big fish in a river
doesn’t mean that other bigger fish don’t exist. You need to broaden your horizons and fish in the ocean, if you get
what I mean!”
Corinne cocked her eyebrows and joked, “Do you go out ‘fishing’ even though you already have Grandma
Beatrice?”
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