Chapter 102

"You flatter me," Corinne responded absent-mindedly without raising her head. Jeremy rested his forehead on one hand and glanced at her from the side. "Have you learned it before?" His question was an inquisitive one because it defied common sense that Corinne could play the ukulele so well. Although he had chosen her to be his missus purely by chance, he had sent someone to investigate her background after that chance meeting. Although the Carews were regarded as a middle-class family, Corinne was an illegitimate daughter who did not receive much in the way of care. She was sent to the countryside to be raised by relatives since she was young, and the worrying environment of her upbringing meant she hardly had any means to learn any musical instruments. Yet, that piece she played at the gathering earlier was simply beyond the reach of anyone without a solid foundation of seven or eight years. She was so full of contradictions that he could not help but wonder if there was more to