Chapter 1222

Jeremy scoffed again. "We've already ordered for ourselves. You two can order something else if you want." "Oh, you've ordered? That's great," said Marcus with a sincere smile. "I'll just order a few of Annie's favorite dishes, then." Annie fell into deep thought, which made her look like she was in a trance while Marcus called over the waiter to order a few more dishes. 'Uncle Jeremy and Corinne stopped talking after Marcus and I came,' thought Annie. Jeremy's tense expression was as though someone owed him a lot of money. Meanwhile, Corinne was looking out of the restaurant's window absent-mindedly. 'No, this won't do! They're going to break up at this rate! A man should be the first to apologize for this kind of problem to be solved.' Annie did no doubt Jeremy's holier-than-thou attitude would push Corinne further away. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her mind. 'If I can't persuade Uncle Jeremy, someone else can!' She quickly texted Francine to tell her Corinne had come ba