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“Hello, ma’am,” came the voice on the other end of the phone. Only Tommy would call her that.
Corinne frowned and asked cautiously, “Why are you answering the phone? Aren’t you with Jeremy?”
On the other end of the line, Tommy stood in the guest room of Adam Manor and watched anxiously as several
professional doctors treated Jeremy’s injuries. They tended to his flesh and skin wounds while applying bandages to
his legs. Jeremy’s face was pale, and there were glistening beads of sweat on his forehead due to the pain.
He had been with Jeremy for many years and had never seen him beaten up like that before. Jeremy might be able
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtto endure that suffering, but Tommy could not bear to deal with it. However, confronting Adam directly would
render Jeremy’s earlier ordeal meaningless, and all the pain Jeremy went through would end up in vain.
Jeremy endured all that with the singular motive of ensuring that the marriage certificate to Sophia would be
annulled without any complications. It would ensure that they no longer owed each other anything. He wanted to be
with Corinne in an upfront manner and without any baggage.
Tommy remembered Jeremy’s instructions when handing over the jacket, so he took a deep breath and pretended
to answer calmly, “He fell asleep because he was a little tired.”
‘He fell asleep?’ Corinne thought to herself. She felt that something was amiss because it was supposed to be
daytime in Molomia. Jeremy had just arrived after a flight that lasted more than 20 hours, though, so he might have
been exhausted from the jetlag.
“Have you reached Sophia’s house?” she inquired.
Tommy felt guilty but managed to lie flawlessly. “We haven’t arrived yet. Mister Jeremy is resting in the car. Would
you like to speak with him? I can wake him up if you want.”
After some consideration, Corinne decided against it. “It’s fine. You don’t have to longer, but tell him to call me back
when he wakes up.”
Tommy replied. “Of course. Don’t worry. He’s perfectly fine.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“All right, then,” Corinne replied, feeling somewhat reassured. She hung up the phone and turned around to see
Joey falling asleep with the bottle in hand.
She placed her phone down and took a deep breath. At the same time, she reminded herself not to be overly
anxious and to trust in Jeremy. He promised her that he would return, and she knew he would keep his promise.
Meanwhile, Tommy breathed a sigh of relief after ending the call. He had been extremely nervous because he
feared that Corinne might sense that something was amiss. Her due date was anytime soon, and she could not
afford to go through any additional stress. Finding out about Jeremy’s injuries would certainly make her anxious.
Thankfully, he had not let anything slip.
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