The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 4

The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Sherlyn was even more dumbfounded after hearing what her mother said.

“Ring? When did I receive a ring—

“Wait. I remember now, Mom. An anonymous fan sent me a diamond ring by mail yesterday! I was worried the media might cook up some nonsense news article if they saw it, so I just put it away instead of wearing it.”

Lilliana was overjoyed to hear that. “That’s it! Mister Jeremy must’ve had a crush on you for a long time, and he’s trying to win your heart by posing as an anonymous fan! I got someone to investigate the people who came yesterday, and as it turns out, their leader was none other than Mister Jeremy’s personal assistant!

“Sherlyn, the Holdens are a first-tier family, and Jeremy has shown his utmost sincerity toward you! He’s really in love with you, and nothing will go wrong if you marry him!”

Jeremy Holden…

Sherlyn could not control her reddening cheeks and quickening heartbeat. She heard of his name before despite never meeting him in person, and she knew him as the treasured son of Holdens—a first-tier family. He was the equivalent of a god in the business world! It came as a surprise to her that even Jeremy was one of her fans, and he turned out to be so madly in love with her that he sent people to her house to deliver the betrothal gifts. If anything was to blame, it was her irresistible charm!

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That afternoon, Corinne returned home with a delicate photo frame in her arms. She changed into house slippers as soon as she entered and immediately went straight upstairs.

Sherlyn happened to be heading down, and she blocked Corinne on purpose. “What’s that in your hand? Did you steal the jewelry from my betrothal gift?”

Corinne stopped and said curtly, “It’s my property.”

“I want proof. Show it to me!” Sherlyn has always disliked her younger sister, who was raised in the countryside since childhood. She felt that Corinne was a disgrace to the Carew family, and it was unsurprising that she never had any respect for her younger sister.

and snatched the item that

but as it turns out, it’s nothing more than a picture depicting your mistress

isn’t a

but Sherlyn deliberately dropped the photo frame on the ground. “Oops! It slipped

looked at Sherlyn stepping on the photo frame that was

an old photo of her mother that she managed to find in one of the Carews’ old photo albums. Earlier in the day, she brought it to the store to have it restored, enlarged, and framed, as she planned to put it in her room as a

Corinne’s anger, she grabbed Sherlyn’s clothes and

Holdens’ daughter-in-law. If you

was stunned. ‘The Holdens?’ Her scalp tingled when she heard that name, since the man who forcibly dragged her to get

referring to

look on her face. “Duh! What’s wrong? Are you scared? Well, you should be! Jeremy is my loyal fan and suitor. He wants nothing more than to marry me right now! All the good stuff you see over there are from the Holdens, and you’d better not touch anything sent to me last night! If you break any of them, you won’t be able to afford

at the betrothal gifts Sherlyn was referring to and went blank for a moment. Then, she came to

brightly as she thought of something, and she turned to Sherlyn, saying, “Guess I’ll have to congratulate you, then! Though, are you sure that a high-bred family like the Holdens will accept a

Sherlyn. “You don’t need to worry about that. Mister Jeremy loves me very much, so it’s only normal for

sure about that?” Corinne grinned and said nothing more. She picked up her mother’s photo, patted the dust off, then turned around and went upstairs. Though she was initially worried about finding a way to extirpate herself from the troublesome state of affairs resulting from her messing with Jeremy the previous day, the solution to her woes appeared in the form of an

snorted coldly, but she could feel a storm brewing in her heart. Corinne might be a country girl, but her remark made perfect sense. The Holdens were a first-tier family, while Sherlyn barely even made it as an actress. If the Holdens’ elders found out about her scandals,

decided to quit the entertainment circle at

being the Holdens’ daughter-in-law, the petty profits she made

about to call her company to inform them that she would be terminating her contract and quitting the industry, but her phone rang

that the caller was a benefactor she had just slept with recently. Since she

miss you so much. Come to the hotel

That might not sound disgusting to an old geezer like you, but it

forgotten how you begged me to help you snag a role that could win you the next Lotus

“I’ve quit the industry, so I don’t care about the Lotus Award

greasy-haired, red-faced old man turned livid with anger. He had gone through great pains to buy a diamond ring for her and had it sent to her by mail,

to your hopes of

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