The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne woke up to find herself in a hospital. The light above her was eye-piercingly bright, causing her to break out in cold sweat. "Joey!" she cried out.

Through her blurry vision, she could see someone gently stroking her head and whispering in a deep voice into her ear, "It's okay, it's okay..."

Corinne's breathing slowly calmed, and the scene before her became clearer. She made out Xante, Aaron, Annie, Lucas, Sunny, and Maxwell. They were all looking at her with a mix of concern and tenderness.

Jeremy was the one who was cradling her gently, comforting her with soft-spoken words.

Corinne was still in a state of shock. She straightened up in Jeremy's arms and asked with reddened eyes, "Where's Joey?"

Jeremy looked at her gently and said, "Don't worry. The doctor saved him. He's fine and awake now."

was just trying to comfort her, Corinne asked with disbelief, "Where's Joey? I need to

but got up with her. He supported Corinne carefully to make

hand carefully, preventing her from rushing out. He bent down and handed her a

Jeremy insisted she wore the slippers before leaving. With no other choice, she hurriedly put on

don't worry. Joey's in

nodded and followed Jeremy out of the ward, leaving the rest

though..." Lucas remained silent. They had not found Anya on the mountain, but they had caught the balloon seller. After the police interrogated him, it was almost certain that

looking a bit off. He reached out to support him and asked

were all missing. He then had a bad feeling about it,