The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Joey fell backward from the force of impact and immediately cried.

“You mutt! How dare you spy on me?!” roared Phoebe.

“I… I…not spying on you,” whimpered Joey.

He really was not spying on her. He wanted to go out to the living room but was not sure whether it was safe for him to do so. He thought he would observe the situation outside first.

Phoebe, who already thought of Joey as a nuisance, became even more irritated at him due to the anxiety and anger brought on by Anya’s arrest. Thus, she decided to use him as a punching bag.

She kicked him again. “This is all your fault! Nothing ever went right for Anya after she adopted you. We should’ve thrown you away the first chance we got!”

immediately curled up in

she would take it out on him. However, she would make sure to hit him on the parts of his body that would not be easily noticed should a

Anya was more brazen in her beatings.Books Chapters Are Daily

he would be

hitting me too? She’s so scary, just like Mommy… I want to leave this place… I want to go back to my own country. I’d rather starve in the orphanage than stay

even more annoyed when Joey started crying. She lifted him by the collar and slapped his face harshly. “Stop crying, you little jinx, or I’ll give you something to cry about! Don’t you know you’re the reason your mommy was

his face became swollen and red. She had no intention of stopping until he was

Holdens are going to let Anya marry into the family now that she has a criminal record. That means she needs to find another man to marry, and this little jinx will just get

Only

walked out of the bedroom, making sure to close the door after, and went to

arms around him. “Have you heard? Anya has been arrested,