The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“You’re Jeremy’s niece, alright—defending him so fervently,” said Corinne mockingly. “To me, hiding something from me is as good as lying. Not to mention, I did ask him whether he was hiding anything from me, and he said he wasn’t.”

Annie sighed again. “I’m a woman too, but I understand how you feel. No one likes to be lied to by the people they love and trust. But Corinne, don’t you get the sense that Uncle Jeremy is quite scared of you? He must not dare to tell you after imagining how angry you would be.”

Corinne found that laughable. “Heh! As if I’d ever believe he’s scared of me. You haven’t seen the way he shouts at me when he’s angry at me.”

Annie spread her hands helplessly. “Take today, for example. Uncle Jeremy doesn’t really care what the Riveras think of him. But even so, he didn’t dare to set foot inside because he was worried you’d get angry at him again.”

Corinne was speechless.

of some ‘bromance’ or because he likes her. No. It’s because Sophia’s father is Adam,

they’re just a big bully with a global reach. As to why this concerns Uncle

outside of his marriage. As time passed, his

they could threaten him with it. All of them wanted him dead so they

danger should he announce his marriage, and he didn’t want to risk the life of someone innocent. But Sophia is different. She has her dad’s protection. No one would dare to hurt her once they knew she’s Adam’s daughter. Thus, she could save Uncle Jeremy a lot

Sophia was the best choice for Jeremy. Moreover, Sophia volunteered to help Uncle Jeremy herself, saying that she was willing to

was worried your life would be put in danger or that his half-brothers would use you to blackmail him, just like what happened today, without Sophia as a cover. But I guess some things just can’t be avoided. I’m just glad both you

mean the extra bodyguards Jeremy hired to keep watch over me before I escaped