The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 141

The pain from getting scalded was more unbearable than other injuries. It was the type of pain. that was not abrupt but a slow burn instead. The burning sensation would remain that it was possible to ignore.

Corinne nodded. “I had to do everything myself when I lived in the countryside. That meant chopping the wood, making the fire, and boiling water. At first, I didn’t know how to do it and ended up burning myself. It was so painful that I couldn’t sleep for the whole night!”

Jeremy’s eyebrows furrowed at this. Unknowingly, his eyes looked worried. “When did you start doing all that?”

Corinne answered faintly, “I can’t remember.”

Very often, she refused to talk about her childhood. If she accidentally brought it up, she would stop the topic immediately.

Jeremy placed his hand on top of her head and patted her like a little pet. “Did you have a bad childhood?”

“It’s not that bad.”

probably don’t know anything about my family, but I think I have to tell you anyway: my family is very greedy. If they know about you and me, I’m not the only one in trouble. It’ll bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to you too, and I believe you won’t

mood. He narrowed his eyes darkly. “Is someone in your family bullying you? If you need it,

extra for each other. Our relationship is

Jeremy’s eyes looked

she brings it up so often? Treating each other as strangers when the time

his brow, took back his hand indifferently, and said in a deep voice, “Miss Corinne, you thought too much. I don’t have the time to meddle with your family

back on the burn-aid cream and passed it to him. “Here, take this cream. Remember to apply it twice a day. It’ll

moves to take the cream. As a result, Corinne had to forcefully

that, none of

reached the Holdens estate. They got down and went back to

Pamela around, they did not have to pretend to be a

room.

in the study while Corinne went back to the

Jeremy smoked