The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne waved her hand. “You don’t have to say anything; my mind is made up. Have the car wait for me at eight o’clock tomorrow morning. And don’t tell Grandma Pamela anything about this—I don’t want her to worry.”

As reluctant as Tommy was about the plan, he did not try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he nodded and said, “Yes, Ma’am.”

“That’ll be all for now. You may leave now.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

After Tommy left, Corinne stayed seated on the chair. ‘Ugh, this is so tiring,’ she thought while rubbing her temples. She would have preferred to ask Aaron to help with the arrangement, but he had not returned from attending a seminar abroad.

Xante, too, was not in the city, and Corinne did not want to ask her to come back for such a trivial matter. Thus, that left only Tommy to handle the arrangement. It was just as well as it would make it look more legit if a staff member from the Holden family helped Corinne request an audience with Phoebe.

After all, out of the two of them, only Jeremy was Joey’s legal guardian.

thought Corinne while rubbing her pregnant belly as though it would make the baby grow faster. Perhaps it was her maternal instincts kicking in as she would be a

the

leave. Whenever Chester was around, Francine would tamp down her

when

smiled at him. “Hey, Chester. Thanks for tutoring Francine as

is all mine. I’m sure people will be fighting over my job if they know I get to work in such a luxurious environment. Plus, the job itself isn’t

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don’t find her too troublesome

puffed up her cheeks in protest. She was not happy at

good thing Chester was a kind and patient guy. He shook his head and said, “Francine does lack the basics in some subjects, but she more than makes up for it with her eagerness to learn.