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.

married to Sophia not because of some ‘bromance’ or because he likes her. No. It’s because Sophia’s father is Adam, as in the

bully with a global reach.

different women outside of his marriage. As time

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

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

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

would use you to blackmail him, just

hired to keep watch over me before I escaped the mansion was to prevent me from getting kidnapped by his half-brothers?’ she