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.”

has a very strong sense of responsibility.

discussion. “You can go back to New Capital City if

“Don’t worry, Ma’am. I don’t have anything waiting for me back in the

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

poison your food as revenge?” said Tommy warily. “It’ll be disastrous if you

not unfounded, she still

out to eat if you’re hungry. The local government is trying to develop this area into

I’ll eat something I

here. But, the best option is to go back home. If not, Mister Greg and Miss Pamela will be worried about

to put on a jacket. “Cut the crap and bring me to the homestay now. As for Grandpa Greg and Grandma Pamela, I’ll call