The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Lucas said, “I’m here to look for Corinne. Is she in?”

This startled Annie a little. “Corinne? Do you know her? Why are you looking for her?”

Before Lucas could answer, Corinne appeared from behind Annie. She looked at him indifferently and said, “You were looking for me?”

Annie instinctively backed away when Corinne came to the door.

Corinne had been missing for half a year, and Lucas’s pupils contracted as soon as he laid eyes on her. His initial tenseness immediately dissipated due to relief, and his eyes reddened. “Where have you been for the past six months?”

Corinne frowned. “Everyone’s been asking me that question today. I don’t need to report my whereabouts to anyone, and it doesn’t matter where I go as long as I come back in one piece.”

not get angry at her. He nodded in relief and said, “Well, it’s good that you’re back. I’m glad to

had nothing else to say to him, so she turned and went

the people sitting at the dining table. He greeted Xante and Aaron with a nod, and that was when

of plates and cutlery at the empty seat, Lucas narrowed his eyes and instantly knew who had been

hid under the table. However, Lucas did not show up to bring Sunny home, nor did he

room that Corinne entered and knocked on the

on her face. “What’s

but did not answer. They

sit down. “Don’t worry about it. Let’s continue eating, shall

a daze and realized that someone was missing