Chapter 1252

Annie looked left and right to try and find Aaron, but he was nowhere to be seen. All she saw was her

phone charging on the bedside table. She took it and saw that the topmost unread message was from

Aaron.

[I slept in the living room last night. I carried you into the room and didn’t do anything else. Don’t make

any assumptions!]

Annie’s heart began beating faster. Her cheeks turned red, and she wondered to herself, ‘What is he

trying to do? Gosh, I’m getting all flustered by his message!’

When she scrolled down, she saw more than 99 unread messages that her boyfriend Marcus had sent

to her. Annie was a little embarrassed. Her feelings were all over the place the day before that she

forgot to reply to Marcus’s messages!

When she clicked on Marcus’s chat, she noticed he had sent a flurry of messages asking her location,

what she was doing, and if she was asleep.

The most recent message had been sent in the morning. [Why are you ignoring me, Annie? Please

reply if you see my messages!]

Annie replied apologetically. [Sorry, I was so busy thinking about my aunt and uncle that I forgot to

check my message!]

Marcus replied within seconds. [It’s fine! I was just worried about you. I’m glad you’re alright, though!

Where are you now?]

Annie answered truthfully, [I’m still with my aunt! I’m fine, don’t worry!]

[Shall I pick you up at noon? Let’s have lunch together, just the two of us!]

For some reason, Annie hesitated before replying, [Umm… Okay! You don’t have to pick me up,

though. I’ll go to you!]

[I’ll wait for you, then!]

After ending the conversation with Marcus, Annie got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.

When she walked out of Aaron’s bedroom, she saw Corinne sitting alone at the dining room bar. She

had her laptop open and was eating breakfast.

She walked over and said, “Au—I mean, Corinne! What are you doing?”

Corinne pointed to the computer and raised a finger to cover her lips, indicating for Annie to keep quiet.

Annie closed her mouth right away and carefully leaned over to look at the computer screen. She saw

her unkempt appearance in the mirror and hurriedly stepped aside.

Corinne turned out to be on a video call with someone else. There were a lot of people on the other

end of the video, and it appeared as though they were having a video conference. She did not know

what was happening, but she did not dare to disturb Corinne anymore. She gently took her coat and

bag before heading out.

She planned to go home and change into a fresh set of clothes before meeting Marcus. After that, she

would bring lunch to Corinne.

Corinne noticed that Annie had left, but rather than turn around to look, she continued with the video

conference until it ended.

Xante happened to call her just after she closed her laptop. She drank a sip of milk, then reached for

her phone to answer the call.

“Boss,” Xante began, “Holden Group has bought over the land at the south of the city. They’re planning

to develop it into a large shopping mall, and they want us to handle the project. What’s your opinion on

this?”

Corinne took another sip of warm milk and narrowed her eyes. “It’s a good project. We can go ahead

once the conditions are agreed upon. Needless to say, we need to beware of any loopholes in the

contract.”

“Understood,” Xante said. “I’ll bring a team of lawyers to discuss this with them.”

Corinne massaged the top of her nose bridge after the call ended. She was already exhausted even

though she had just woken up.

She could not help but feel that Jeremy had something to do with Holden Group’s eagerness to

cooperate with Newmoon Group.

Anything that was out of the ordinary warranted much greater scrutiny. Should they refuse to

cooperate, Holden Group would have another project for them. Rather than refuse outright, it would be

better to take things as they came and handle everything one step at a time.

All of a sudden, the doorbell rang.