The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne’s pregnancy hormones made her more impatient than ever. She was already in a bad mood from seeing Jeremy, and Sophia’s nonsensical babbling pushed her to the edge.

Corinne raised her hand, intending to push Sophia out of the way. Just as her fingers brushed her shoulder, Sophia flew out and hit her head on the cashier counter as though propelled by some invisible force. Blood started to trickle down her forehead, causing her to scream out in pain.

Corinne frowned at Sophia’s subpar acting. ‘I can’t believe just a few minutes ago, I thought this woman was smarter than Anya in her manipulation method! Welp, she’s not that much smarter after all.’

Corinne did not feel guilty at all as she did not even touch Sophia before she fell on her own accord. ‘It’s just as well that she fell. I can leave the restaurant now.’

However, she did not even take two steps before Jeremy shouted at her, “Where do you think you’re going?!”

Corinne stopped and turned to look at him. “What? Do I need your permission to leave too?”

Jeremy’s face darkened. He strode toward where Sophia was on the floor and helped her up before glaring at Corinne. “How can you leave when you’re the reason Sophia is so badly hurt?”

your reunion with Miss Corinne because of me…” said Sophia, pretending to

I don’t think she’s the type

shook her head and squeezed out a smile. “I’m

had grown icy cold by then. “Mister Jeremy, you should know that she wouldn’t let me leave just now

push her aside, but not to the point she’d fall

knew, but this time, her position with Sophia had been switched. Previously, whenever Corinne was accused of something she did not do,

chose to believe

important than all the random girls that tried to pull me down in the past, so of course

though Corinne understood the reasoning behind Jeremy’s action, she could not help but feel chilled