"Queenie, I'm the reason Calvin was hospitalized. Let me come stay with you and take care of you both—to make up for what I did."

I was about to refuse when Calvin grabbed my arm.

"Let her come. Otherwise she'll never forgive herself."

I could only nod in reluctant agreement.

Three days later, Calvin told me excitedly that he'd passed the written portion of the civil service exam. However, due to a sudden flu outbreak, the interview had been moved up to this afternoon.

Just then, Corinne walked in.

"What's going on? You two look so happy."

In my previous life, I'd been in the bedroom negotiating a partnership deal. I'd specifically told Corinne not to disturb me. But right in the middle of my call, she'd barged in carrying a speaker and started doing square dancing.

The partner cancelled the deal. The company lost tens of millions. I was fired.

When I confronted her about it, she'd said without a shred of remorse: "This is my brother's house. Why can't I go wherever I want? You were just trying to put me in my place, weren't you? Well, I specialize in dealing with people like you who don't know their place."

And Calvin had shrugged it off completely. "If the deal fell through, that's because you weren't good enough. Why are you blaming Corinne? Just find another job."

Now I wanted to see—if Corinne ruined Calvin's chance at passing the exam, would he still be so indifferent?

I narrowed my eyes slightly and smiled.

"Don't come into our room this afternoon. There's something important for work."

Something malicious flickered in Corinne's eyes. She nodded.

That afternoon, Calvin was halfway through his interview when Corinne kicked the door open, speaker blasting, and launched into a folk dance routine.

Seconds later, the interviewer's voice came through Calvin's computer:

"Interview failed."

Calvin shot to his feet and roared at Corinne.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

The moment Corinne saw it was Calvin, she shut off the speaker.

"Calvin? I thought—where's Queenie?"

I closed my laptop, having just finished a call about the baby, and stepped out of the adjacent room.

"Right here. Corinne, didn't I tell you not to come into our room? Today was Calvin's civil service interview."

Calvin clutched his throbbing head.

"Are you deaf, Corinne? Do you understand what you just did? I've aged out—this was my last chance to take the exam. Because of you, years of work just went down the drain."