The Day I Kissed An Older Man

As Melinda stepped out, Maxwell approached and asked, "What happened to Emily? Is she sick?"

Melinda glared at Maxwell and replied sharply, "She's not sick. She's injured."

Startled, Maxwell asked worriedly, "Injured? How did she get hurt? Who did this to her?"

"You did!" replied Melinda with a darkened expression.

Maxwell was stunned and ashamed to the point of speechlessness.

Melinda continued angrily, "You caused all this! Emily wouldn't have to entrust Corinne to the Carews if your family hadn't forced her to take desperate measures. Corinne wouldn't have suffered so much from a young age, and Emily wouldn't have gone to confront Marvin, which led her to end up getting slashed by his crazy wife! You've already made things hard enough for Emily. If you have any conscience left, please stay away from her! You've seen it yourself how much she doesn't want to see you!"

Maxwell felt a sense of shame but also confusion. "I admit I've let her down, but why would she avoid me or entrust Corinne to someone else? I've been trying to find her..."

"Maxwell, how can you even ask such a question at this point? If your family hadn't sent people everywhere to hunt down Emily and her daughter back then, do you think she'd willingly leave her child with someone else? Your family didn't believe in her innocence. Your parents thought she had ruined your family's reputation, and because of that, she can't even return to her own family. She feared bringing trouble

her

frowned contemptuously. 'Look at him, pretending to be blameless! How could I ever believe he's truly remorseful? No

me to call the doctor! If you have even a bit of conscience, stay

walked past him to get to

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approached him with a concerned

out of his thoughts, waved his hand, and said, "I'm fine. Let's go

supporting his somewhat absent-minded father as

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