Chapter 52

Corinne respected Jason for being honest in answering. Just as she was about to fight back, however…

Jason smiled and stopped her from talking. "Wait, don't answer that. It's going to look bad on me if I continue to bother you when you specifically reject me."

From the way Corinne reacted, he was sure she was going to reject him. It was not going to happen, even if she tried to be polite.

This startled Corinne. At that point, she had a feeling that this man was very smart.

"Corinne Carew?" Jason tried to call her full name.

"Huh?" She had to look up at him because she was enjoying her dessert when he called her.

He smiled. "Nothing. I heard this name uttered just now, so I wanted to make sure it's yours. How do you spell it? C-o-r-i-n-e?"

"No. It's C-o-r-i-n-n-e. Double n," she corrected him.

"I see. Corinne Carew… What a lovely name. You look very lovely, too but your personality doesn't really match your look," he said.

Annoyed, she rolled her eyes at him. This, to Jason, lo