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 Corinne was

way you hold it makes me think that it was some sort of jewelry, but as it turns out, it’s

mother isn’t

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

looked at Sherlyn stepping on the photo frame that was dropped onto the

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 grabbed Sherlyn’s clothes and hissed, “Pick. It.

know that I’ll soon become the Holdens’ daughter-in-law. If you so

Her scalp tingled when she heard that name, since the man who forcibly dragged her to get engaged the day before also shared the same

to that

now! All the good stuff you see over there are from the Holdens, and you’d better

Then, she came to a realization—Jeremy must have got absolutely nuts. To think that he

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 scandal-tainted celebrity from the entertainment industry

about that. Mister Jeremy loves me very much, so

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

heart. Corinne might be a country girl, but her remark made perfect sense. The Holdens were a first-tier family, while Sherlyn barely even

Sherlyn decided to quit

made in

was about to call her company to inform them that she would be terminating her

calls recently, and she did not plan to answer the call until she saw that the caller was a benefactor she had just slept with recently. Since she had also intended to break things off for good, she decided that she

babe? I miss you so much. Come to

might not sound disgusting to

you just say? Did you just call me disgusting? Have you forgotten how you begged me to help you

quit the industry, so I don’t care about the

pains to buy a diamond ring for her and had it sent to her

to your hopes of making a living in the industry. Just

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