The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“A nutritionist will prepare lunch for you later, Corinne. Is there anything you’d like to eat for dinner? I’ll get the ingredients after work.”

Since Corinne chose to stay with them, she might as well treat herself to whatever she wanted. She thought about it for a moment and said, “I’d like to eat some grilled meat.”

Lucas frowned, apparently unhappy at her request. “You should go easy on greasy food.”

Rather than protest, Corinne said, “Oh. Then I’ll order some food delivery.”

Lucas had no choice but to change his tone. “Okay, I’ll shop for some vegetables and meats after I get off work. We’ll have some grilled food when I come back.”

Corinne grunted softly and lowered her head to eat some bacon. She took a bite and said in a sullen tone, “Don’t forget to get that painting as soon as possible.”

She wanted to get her hands on the painting as soon as she could so Jeremy would no longer be able to blackmail her into doing annoying things.

Lucas nodded. “I won’t forget about it.”

exam venue today, and we

his younger half-brother a displeased

“Let him have some time off. It’s boring to be

an instant. He then glanced at his insolent younger brother

nodded earnestly and said, “Don’t worry,

up the napkin and wiped his mouth. “I have to

answered with a soft

peanut butter on a piece of toast. He handed it to Corinne and said,

at the evenly spread peanut butter toast.

proudly, “Can’t I be nice

something from me, don’t

with Lucas! I just need to get on your good side, and Lucas won’t ever beat me up

not going anywhere