The Day I Kissed An Older Man

After Corinne woke up, she came out to see Tommy standing straight at the door.

“Tommy, you can let your guard down a little. Miss Phoebe isn’t stupid enough to do anything to me for the time being,” she said while massaging her temples.

“Ma’am, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Miss Phoebe always looks like she wants to strangle you,” said Tommy with a frown.

Corinne smiled. “As if she could ever do that.”

Tommy sighed. “Ma’am, are you sure you want to stay here? Honestly speaking, Mister Joey looks fine to me. Why don’t you wait until Mister Jeremy is back? The two of you can pick Mister Joey up together afterward.”

Corinne could not help but feel her heart ache whenever she thought of poor Joey.

“You can’t possibly think he’s being treated well here. He might not be Jeremy’s biological son, but that doesn’t mean I can just abandon him here! The moment Jeremy adopted him is the moment he committed to taking care of him, for better or for worse. Plus, I’m pretty sure Jeremy won’t sit by and do nothing if he saw how scared Joey was of Phoebe.”

‘She’s right. Mister Jeremy won’t sit by and do nothing. He has a very strong sense of responsibility. If not, he wouldn’t have

hand dismissively, signaling to Tommy that was the end of the discussion. “You can go back to New Capital City if you have something else to do. I can

his head and said, “Don’t worry, Ma’am. I don’t have anything waiting for me back in the city,

she said would make Tommy leave, so she rubbed her belly and said, “I’m starving. Get the kitchen to

it’s fine if you want to stay here, but it’s best not to eat anything made by the servants here. What if Miss Phoebe decides to poison your food as revenge?” said Tommy warily. “It’ll be disastrous if you eat the food. We’re in the mountains where the

worry was not unfounded, she still was not

bring you out to eat if you’re hungry. The local government is trying to develop this area into a tourist destination, so there are some nice homestays nearby where you can dine

worried I’ll eat

is a much safer option compared to dining here. But, the best option is to go back home. If

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