The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 819

“Do you want to leave this place?” Corinne asked Joey.

Joey nodded anxiously.

“Where do you want to go?”

“Orph…age,” stammered Joey.

‘Does he mean the orphanage? Heh. He’d rather go back to the orphanage than live with the Riveras, huh,’ thought Corinne.

She patted his head gently to calm him and to make him trust her.

“I really want to help, but I’m only a guest here while Anya is your legal guardian. I can’t help you to leave this place if we don’t have proof that she’s abusing you.”

know how to express himself nor did he understand what she was talking about, despite him taking every word

is… Bear with this

was stunned for a while, but the look of wariness

“If

don’t want to get hurt anymore, you’ll need to learn how to hide your feelings. Don’t show that you’re scared ’cause this will only make them bully

looked at her in a daze again. It was obvious he did not understand what

neck, she said, “This necklace contains magical power. It’ll protect you from getting hurt, but you can’t cry in the face of your bullies to make it work

believed her. He touched the necklace as if it was the most precious thing in the world and

When you see your Mommy later, you can’t cry no matter how scared you are, okay? You have to smile and call

started trembling again at the thought of seeing

the magical necklace to protect you now. There’s no need