Ch. 1051..1060

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1051-Corinne smiled. “Well, Jeremy must’ve done something wrong for me to want to hit him, so let’s just say he deserves it. But then again, I wouldn’t waste my energy hitting him if he did do something wrong. There’s really no need.” Francine frowned in confusion. “What do you mean by that?” “I mean, I’ll just leave him. He can do whatever he wants once he has his freedom back.” Francine was a little taken aback. “So you’re saying you’ll divorce Jeremy if he does something wrong?” Corinne looked out at the sky outside the window. “Yeah. I don’t have time to spend on a guy who doesn’t know how to control himself.” “But I don’t understand! You went through so much to finally be able to marry him. Not to mention, it took some time for Grandma and Grandpa to accept you.Could you bear to let all that go without a second thought? Most women would choose to stay in the relationship even if they knew their husbands have a mistress outside. After all, it’s not every day one marries into the Holden family.” Corinne chuckled softly. “Even now you think I married your brother because I want to be a Missus Holden. Do you think I care about all the things that come with marrying into your family?” Francine fell silent.Before this, Francine genuinely thought all Corinne cared about was becoming Missus Holden. After all, marrying into a family like the Holdens’ was like winning the jackpot for a poor girl who came from the countryside.‘I know Corinne has real feelings for Jeremy, but wouldn’t it be great if she gets both love and money at the same time?’ However, as she slowly got to know Corinne, she realized there was more to her than meets the eye. Not only did Corinne know Xante and Aaron of Newmoon Group, but they actually addressed her as ‘Boss’.‘This means Corinne doesn’t need a man to get status, power, and money.Maybe she already has all three but decides to keep it low-profile. There’s a chance she loves Jeremy for who he is and not his money…’ Francine pouted. “Fine. Even if you don’t lack anything, please don’t say things like divorcing Jeremy so easily. Unlike your friend Aaron, he’s not the type that goes around screwing everything that moves. Besides, his reputation of celibacy is quite well known in our circles.” Corinne smirked. “You’re right; Jeremy is different. But, who’s to say he won’t change in the future? I’m just telling you, I won’t raise a hand against your brother because it’s pointless. The easiest thing would be for me to just leave him if he did do something that warrants me doing so.” Francine sighed. “Now I know why Jeremy is so crazy about you. It must be because you’re an independent woman who can live with or without him. I guess I should be happy to find out Jeremy’s no different than all the other men who like a challenge, especially in the form of a woman.” Corinne chuckled softly. “You’re right about that. The more I hold him at arm’s length, the more he’d want to achieve dominion over me. But having said that, this kind of feeling does wane over time, and there will eventually come a day when your brother gets tired of me.” Francine puffed up her cheeks. “You give up too easily, Corinne! If he gets tired of you, you should do everything you can to make him fall in love with you again! You’re making it sound like you don’t have a say in how long the marriage can last!” Corinne was a little taken aback, but she then smiled teasingly. “I thought you can’t wait for your brother to get rid of me so you can get a new sister-in-law from a good background.” Francine blushed with shame. “Okay, okay. Stop teasing me. I admit it was very shallow of me to always make fun of the fact you came from the countryside back then. I know how very wrong it was now. And… And…” Corinne raised her eyebrow. “And what?” The usually arrogant Francine lowered her head and said sincerely, “I’m actually glad you’re my sister-in-law. I…really admire you, and I’m going to learn from you how to be a better person.” Corinne narrowed her eyes before breaking out in laughter. “You’re only saying that because of Chester, right?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1052-At the mention of her crush, Francine blushed even more.

“I… I admit I’m very thankful to you for setting me up with Chester, but that’s not the main reason! I just don’t hate you anymore. As long as you don’t cheat on Jeremy, you’re in my good books for life.” Corinne’s lips curled up into a smile that did not reach her eyes. She then suddenly laid back down on the bed.

“Don’t worry. I’ll never cheat on Jeremy. Even if I want to, I’ll dump him first before hooking up with another man.” Francine was not happy with this answer either. “No. You’re not allowed to dump him either!”

Corinne was starting to get very sleepy. “Let’s stop the topic here. Fetch me hot water if you’re so free. I want to soak my feet later. They’re feeling a little sore…” she said tiredly.

Francine frowned and put her hands on her hips. ‘Did she just ask me to fetch her hot water to soak her feet?’ After thinking over it, she grudgingly did what Corinne said since she was pregnant with Jeremy’s kid.

Francine walked over to the door with a thermos in her hand. The moment she opened the door, however, she saw a person standing outside with his hand raised as though he was just about to knock on the door.

“Sunny? What are you doing here?” asked Francine warily.

Sunny rubbed the back of his head. “Umm… How’s Corinne doing?” “She’ll be fine as long as you Riveras stop pulling shady sh*t!” she answered with a lift of her chin.

“I’ve come to apologize to Corinne on Anya’s behalf. May…I go inside?” he asked awkwardly.

“She’s resting right now. Plus, I don’t think she’d ever want to see you Riveras again!” Sunny dropped his head in shame. “But…” “You can come in,” came Corinne’s lazy voice from inside the ward.

Only then did Francine grudgingly move a little to make way for Sunny to go in.

Of course, she did not forget to scoff at him while he was walking past her.

Francine stayed at the doorway. No way she was going to leave Corinne alone with a Rivera. After all, this could be another one of their tricks to hurt Corinne.

She used to be quite fond of the Riveras because of Anya, but ever since she discovered her true colors, she had nothing but animosity toward them.

Sunny walked in and put the fruit basket he had bought for Corinne on the table.

Then, he hummed as he thought about what to say to her.

“Umm… So… I didn’t know what you like to eat, so I got you some fruits…” Corinne sat back up and leaned lazily against the headrest again. “Thank you, Mister Sunny. But there’s no need for you to visit me since you yourself only got out of the hospital not that long ago.” Sunny looked guiltily at her. “I’ve actually come to apologize for what my mother and sister did… They’ve really gone overboard this time.” Corinne smiled tightly. “And you think I should forgive them just because you’ve apologized on their behalf?” Sunny was a little taken aback. He quickly shook his head. “No… You don’t have to forgive them. I’m not going to force you to do that. I just want you to know how sorry I am… I didn’t exactly treat you well in the past, either.” “Good, because I’ll never forgive them. Though, I won’t hold it over your head.

Consider your apology accepted. You should go home to study now.” Sunny frowned. “I’ve already finished studying today.” “That’s even better. You can do whatever you want, then

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1053-But there’s nothing I want to do…” mumbled Sunny.

Corinne raised her eyebrow. ‘He doesn’t look like he wants to leave, but there’s nothing for him to do here either. Ugh, this is getting annoying! When are these people going to leave me alone?’ At that moment, Xante came back. She sat back down on the chair beside the bed. “Boss, what do you want to have for lunch? I’ll get someone to deliver it to you.” Seeing Xante had come back, Francine left to fetch hot water.

Corinne did not really have an appetite. She did not even finish her breakfast, so she was not in the mood to think about what to have for lunch.

“Let’s talk about it later,” she said with a wave of her hand.

Xante simply nodded and said nothing more.

Sunny thought Xante looked familiar, but it was only after Xante sat to talk to Corinne did he remember where he met her before.

“It’s you!” he exclaimed, frowning.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Hello. Fancy meeting you here again,” she said with a smile.

Sunny remembered Xante to be the woman who offered him a ride to Eden International after the taxi he was in broke down midway through tailing Corinne.

However, not only did they fail to tail Corinne, but Xante actually dropped him off at Eden International Spa Center instead of Eden International Entertainment Club where the World Hacker Conference was held.

Incensed, Sunny decided to book another ride to the right Eden International when Xante pretended to pass out from an asthma attack. Thus, he did not have a choice but to send her to the hospital, causing him to miss out on the World Hacker Conference.

‘Now that I think about it, everything that happened then was too unlucky for them to be a coincidence,’ thought Sunny.

Sunny looked at Xante, then back at Corinne as the realization dawned on him.

“You two were in it together, weren’t you?! The two of you were in cahoots to stop me from going to the World Hacker Conference.” Corinne said nothing.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and said threateningly, “It’s best if you don’t know so much, kid.” ‘Who is she calling a kid?!’ thought Sunny.

“I’m not a kid anymore! I’m a full-grown adult!” Xante narrowed her eyes and looked him up and down.

“Oh, really?” she asked mockingly.

Sunny could not stand having his ego bruised.

“How dare you look down on me like that? I’ll have you know I’m six feet tall!

You got a problem with that?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1054-“But there’s nothing I want to do…” mumbled Sunny.

Corinne raised her eyebrow. ‘He doesn’t look like he wants to leave, but there’s nothing for him to do here either. Ugh, this is getting annoying! When are these people going to leave me alone?’ At that moment, Xante came back. She sat back down on the chair beside the bed. “Boss, what do you want to have for lunch? I’ll get someone to deliver it to you.” Seeing Xante had come back, Francine left to fetch hot water.

Corinne did not really have an appetite. She did not even finish her breakfast, so she was not in the mood to think about what to have for lunch.

“Let’s talk about it later,” she said with a wave of her hand.

Xante simply nodded and said nothing more.

Sunny thought Xante looked familiar, but it was only after Xante sat to talk to Corinne did he remember where he met her before.

“It’s you!” he exclaimed, frowning.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Hello. Fancy meeting you here again,” she said with a smile.

Sunny remembered Xante to be the woman who offered him a ride to Eden International after the taxi he was in broke down midway through tailing Corinne.

However, not only did they fail to tail Corinne, but Xante actually dropped him off at Eden International Spa Center instead of Eden International Entertainment Club where the World Hacker Conference was held.

Incensed, Sunny decided to book another ride to the right Eden International when Xante pretended to pass out from an asthma attack. Thus, he did not have a choice but to send her to the hospital, causing him to miss out on the World Hacker Conference.

‘Now that I think about it, everything that happened then was too unlucky for them to be a coincidence,’ thought Sunny.

Sunny looked at Xante, then back at Corinne as the realization dawned on him.

“You two were in it together, weren’t you?! The two of you were in cahoots to stop me from going to the World Hacker Conference.” Corinne said nothing.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and said threateningly, “It’s best if you don’t know so much, kid.” ‘Who is she calling a kid?!’ thought Sunny.

“I’m not a kid anymore! I’m a full-grown adult!” Xante narrowed her eyes and looked him up and down.

“Oh, really?” she asked mockingly.

Sunny could not stand having his ego bruised.

“How dare you look down on me like that? I’ll have you know I’m six feet tall!

You got a problem with that?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1055-Xante shook her head. “Nope.” Sunny could not help but feel he was being mocked.

“Hey, you haven’t answered my question! What were you two doing in Kanton City? Why did you lure me away from the World Hacker Conference?” Sunny’s voice grew louder, causing Xante to frown and throw him a warning glance.

“Have you forgotten there’s a patient here? Corinne needs all the peace she can get to recover! I’m going to ask security to escort you out if you don’t stop shouting this instant!”

That effectively silenced Sunny. He looked guiltily at Corinne’s tired, pale face. If this had happened in the past, he would have continued shouting, but since his sister and mother were the reason Corinne ended up in the hospital, he thought he should have behaved himself.

“Xante, go back to work,” said Corinne with a frown.

“I’ve already finished all my work. Don’t worry, Boss.” Corinne was indeed tired. “You guys can stay here if you want, but please be quiet. I want to sleep for a while.” She then laid back down on the bed, pulled the blanket over her head, and checked her phone for unread messages. There were a few, but none of them was from Jeremy.

‘Are all men like this? Do they all start losing interest in you once they get you?

How can Mister leave on his business trip without saying goodbye? He could’ve at least left me a message. But no, he didn’t. Ugh, men!’ scorned Corinne.

… Xante leaned back on her chair and took out her phone to check if there were any messages from her subordinate. She was replying to a subordinate’s message when Sunny asked her, “Hey, you. What’s your relationship with Corinne?” “We’re friends,” she answered without even looking up.

“Besties?” “Yeah, I guess you could call us that.” Xante did not actually like the word ‘besties’ since the term did not really encapsulate what she had with Corinne and Aaron. The three of them were more like family than friends.

“Why did you lure me away from the World Hacker Conference? What were you trying to hide from me?” whispered Sunny in a voice that was barely audible.

Xante gave him a side-eye. “Why are you asking this again?” Sunny was very curious since he had pretty much decided the whole thing was no coincidence. Why did they lure him away? What was Corinne doing in Kanton City? What were they trying to hide from him? These are all the questions he wanted answers to.

“Hey, have you forgotten that I got a brain concussion because of you?” he asked with a frown. “I don’t care whether the whole passing out thing was all an act, but strictly speaking, I saved you that time. As your savior, you should show me the respect I deserve and answer all my questions!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1056-“Thanks,” said Xante with a smile. She then lifted his chin and looked into his eyes flirtatiously. “From the way you blushed so quickly, I’m guessing you’re a virgin. I must say, that’s kind of adorable.” Sunny’s ears were red-hot by then. He quickly pushed her hand away. “What… What are you doing?” Xante smiled and took her gold-rimmed glasses from his hand. She then popped her glasses back on and sat up on the sofa. “What’s the matter, Mister Sunny? Have I guessed wrong? Why are you blushing like that if you’re not a virgin?”

The color on Sunny’s face alternated between turning dark in anger, and red out of embarrassment. “As a girl, you shouldn’t speak so wantonly about things like this! You should be embarrassed of yourself!” Xante chuckled softly. “Why should I be embarrassed? It’s not like I haven’t done it before. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Now, get lost before I eat you up. Hahaha!” Sunny stared at Xante in disbelief. He never met a woman who was so good at the seduction game. She seemed to be easy yet unapproachable at the same time.

After what seemed like ages, Sunny finally blurted, “You’re just a female version of a dirtbag!” Xante burst out in laughter. “Hahaha! This is the first time a guy has ever called me that. Not bad—not bad at all.” Sunny was speechless. ‘I’ve gotta hand it to her. She’s not only a dirtbag but shameless as well!’ Knock! Knock!

Someone knocked on the door.

Both Xante and Sunny looked toward the door and saw a man opening the door a crack. “May I go in?” he asked politely.

Sunny immediately recognized the man. He quickly went over and swung the door wide open. “Jason, what are you doing here?” he asked with surprise.

Jason sported his typical gentlemanly smile on his handsome face. “I heard both Miss Pamela and Corinne are in the hospital, so I came to visit them. How about you, Sunny? How come you’re here, too? Where’s Lucas?” “Umm… Lucas asked me to come take care of Corinne. He hurt his foot, so he couldn’t make it here himself,” Sunny answered awkwardly.

“I see,” said Jason simply with a smile.

He gingerly made his way over to Corinne’s bed. To his disappointment, she was still fast asleep. He then realized there was another person in the room, so he turned his head to look at Xante.

The two of them knew each other since they worked together before, but that was as far as their relationship went. Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, and they both exchanged nods as a way of greeting.

Jason stood waiting beside Corinne’s bed for a while, but she showed no signs of waking up.

“Looks like I came at the wrong time. She doesn’t look like she’s going to wake up anytime soon.” Xante got up and walked over to them. “Yeah. She needs all the rest she could get. I’ll tell her you came to visit after she wakes up so I won’t keep you now.” Jason smiled mysteriously. “I never expected you and Corinne to know each other so well.” “Yeah. We go way back,” Xante replied with a tepid smile.

Jason narrowed his eyes before saying tactfully, “I see. If that’s the case, I’ll leave for now and come some other time.” Xante nodded. “Goodbye, Mister Jason

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1057-“Let me walk you out, Jason,” said Sunny as he followed Jason out. He seemed like he had something to discuss with him.

After they left, Xante turned to Corinne. “You don’t like him, do you, Boss?” she asked softly.

Corinne slowly opened her eyes. “Yeah, no. He’s very annoying.” A faint light flashed across Xante’s gold-rimmed glasses. “But it seems like he has a crush on you.” Corinne was not surprised. She sat up and said listlessly, “He’s up to no good, that’s what he is.”

Xante raised her eyebrow. “Not everyone who likes you is up to no good, you know?” Corinne scoffed lightly. “No one in their right mind would confess their feelings to a married woman, let alone the wife of his good friend. Do you know he and Jeremy go way back? Tell me, then—what good can he be up to by liking me?” Xante actually nodded. After all, men were the same everywhere. Every one of them would have some sort of unspeakable fetish.

At that moment, Annie walked in with her head hung low. She sat on the sofa listlessly without saying a word.

Corinne immediately noticed something was wrong. “What’s wrong?” she asked with a frown.

Annie shook her head, and despite her best effort to steady her voice, she said tearfully, “It’s nothing. Are you hungry? Should I go get something for you to eat?” Corinne could tell Annie was crying before, causing her frown to become even deeper. “What happened? Did Aaron do or say something to you?” Annie’s shoulders tensed at the mention of Aaron’s name. She then quickly shook her head. “No, Mister Aaron didn’t do or say anything to me. He already left with his girlfriend to go to the hotel.” Corinne did not know what to say to that.

Xante looked at Annie, and then at Corinne. They both knew things were not as simple as that. After all, Annie did not look like nothing happened to her.

Suddenly, Francine barged in and said angrily, “Stop lying, Annie! Where did the amazing Annie go? How can you let a man treat you like that? It’s because of girls like you that guys think they can treat us like sh*t! Ugh, you’re driving me up the wall!” Francine dropped by Pamela’s ward before going to get the hot water, and she just so happened to bump into Annie, who was crying while on the phone with someone. She walked a little closer to eavesdrop on the conversation.

Her hearing was quite good, and the corridor was very quiet since no one was around. Even if the speakerphone was not turned on, she could still hear the hurtful words Aaron was spewing from the other end of the phone.

Corinne could tell at a glance that Francine knew what had happened, so she ordered her, “Tell me what happened.” Francine was beyond mad at that point. “Mister Aaron called Annie to ask her to…to… Gah! I’m too embarrassed to say it! How is there such a shameless man in this world?!” Corinne’s brow furrowed. “What did he ask her to do? Tell me, now!” Blushing, Francine replied, “He asked Annie to buy and deliver to him a certain brand’s condom ’cause he didn’t like the ones the hotel provided.” Corinne’s eyes darkened. “Is that so? What brand did he want? I’ll buy and deliver it to him,” said Corinne through gritted teeth.

After that, she got down from the bed with the intention to deal with the b*stard.

Seeing this, Xante quickly said, “Calm down, Boss. I’ll deal with him later.” “That punk is getting more out of hand! Seems like I’ve been too lenient to him over the years

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1058-Xante nodded. “Yeah, that punk deserves a real beating, but you don’t have to do it yourself. I’ll deal with him later. You just stay here and rest. This is for your and the baby’s own good.” Corinne was already in a bad mood before, but Aaron’s antics made it worse.Seeing that Corinne was infuriated because of what Aaron did to her, Annie quickly wiped away her tears and walked up to her. “Corinne, I’m okay. Please don’t be mad. Uncle Jeremy will kill me if he finds out about this…” Corinne looked at Annie with a deep frown on her face, thinking she would not feel better unless there was an outlet for her to unleash her anger.Xante naturally knew what Corinne was thinking about. ‘Boss won’t be able to sit still unless I go deal with that punk now.’ Thus, she said, “Miss Annie, please take care of Corinne for me while I go out to do something.” Annie nodded cooperatively. “Sure thing, Miss Xante. I’ll take good care of her.” Xante smiled. Then, she turned to Corinne and said meaningfully, “Don’t worry, Boss. You can leave it to me.” “Don’t show him any mercy. And take a video for me to watch later,” said Corinne coldly.“Yes, Boss!” After that, Xante walked out of the room.It was only then Annie realized what Xante was going to do.“Corinne, is Miss Xante going to find Miss Aaron? You have to stop her! I’m okay. I’m really okay. I don’t want Miss Xante to bother Miss Aaron and his girlfriend because of me,” she said anxiously.Corinne gave Annie a side-eye. She did not stop Xante, nor did she change her mind. Then, she said to Francine, “Go spend time with Grandma Pamela. I only need Annie at the moment.” Francine pouted but, not daring to make Corinne mad again, simply went out.Only Corinne and Annie were left in the ward.Annie took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile. “Corinne, Francine told me you wanted to soak your legs to get rid of the soreness. Let me get you a bucket to put the hot water in.” Considering it was inconvenient for her to move around due to her being pregnant, Corinne simply accepted Annie’s offer.“Okay, sorry for troubling you,” she said with a nod.“Trouble? It’s no trouble for me at all!” Annie quickly found a bucket for her. She then poured the hot water from the thermos inside before adding a bit of cold water. After testing the water temperature, she looked up and said, “Corinne, is this temperature okay for you? I can add a little cold water if you think it’s too hot.” Corinne moved to the edge of the bed and put her legs into the bucket. Relief immediately washed over her.“Ahh, this is perfect.” Only then did Annie put the thermos aside. She then crouched to look at Corinne’s slightly swollen legs.“My mom told me that when she was pregnant with me, she’d easily get sore and swollen legs to the point she couldn’t walk a few steps without getting tired.At first, I thought she was exaggerating.“But now that I see you suffering from sore legs when you’re pregnant at a younger age than my mom was, I believe what she said. It’s not that easy carrying a baby inside of you, huh? Even though your baby bump isn’t that obvious yet, I can feel you’re not as energetic as before.” Corinne looked down at her ‘fat’ legs.“Yeah. That’s why we women shouldn’t get pregnant that easily. Not every man is worth it for us to go through this kind of suffering

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1059-Annie was a little taken aback. “What do you mean, Corinne? Are you saying you regret getting pregnant with Uncle Jeremy?” Corinne’s mouth twitched. “The baby might be an accident, but I don’t regret it,” she said calmly. “I’m just reminding you not to be so dazzled by romantic love that you start imagining a happily ever after with the guy when he hasn’t asked you out on a date yet.” The message seemed to have gotten through to Annie because she nodded poutingly and said, “Okay, Corinne, I’ll keep that in mind. I should’ve listened to you in the beginning. Now that I think about it, it’s laughable how I thought I could change a player into husband material through the power of my love.”

Corinne looked at Annie sympathetically. “It’s not you. It’s him. He’s just not the type to settle down and get married. I’m just glad you saw his true colors before it was too late. I hope you’ll find a man who’ll love and treasure you in the future.” Annie looked down at the floor as sweet memories of her and Aaron flashed through her mind. Even though she was angry and sad about how Aaron treated her, she still found it very hard to let him go.

“Corinne, in all the years you know Mister Aaron, has he never been in a serious relationship before?” asked Annie curiously. She was wondering whether Aaron turned out to be how he was because of a relationship that ended badly.

“Nope. Not even once,” Corinne answered without hesitation.

Annie frowned in confusion. “Then how did he turn out to be like this? I find it hard to believe someone is a player from the moment he was born. He must’ve yearned for true love when he was younger, right?” Corinne could not help but frown when she thought back to Aaron’s behavior in the past. She did try to rein him in a little, but it was all in vain. He would either drink himself stupid or play games 24/7 whenever she stopped him from chasing after girls.

In the end, they came to a compromise. He was allowed to chase after girls but only girls who were players themselves. In other words, girls looking for serious relationships were out of bounds for him. There had been so many girls over the years that even Aaron himself lost count of how many ‘girlfriends’ he had.

“That punk doesn’t believe in love at all. Plus, he’s not dating girls because he likes them. It’s only because he’s bored, and chasing after girls makes him feel alive. Annie, you should know, romantic love is not essential to some people.

They’ll never be moved by your love for them, no matter what you do or say.

Forget about Aaron, and I’ll ask your Uncle Jeremy to introduce someone even better-looking than him.” However, it was hard for some like Annie, who put romantic love above all else, to comprehend that there were people who did not believe in love at all.

After thinking it over, she asked curiously, “Then, do you believe in love?” “No,” said Corinne after one second. She did not believe in love at all.

When she was a child and thought Marvin was her father, she hated him for abandoning her mother and ignoring her so he could be together with Lilliana

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1060-Moreover, the feelings between Marvin and Lilliana were not strictly love. It was more like the two of them had come together for their own mutual benefits while making sure the other did not gain more than the other.

Therefore, no, Corinne did not believe in love.

Much later, when she found out Marvin was not her biological father and that she was Maxwell’s daughter… She became even more convinced there was no such thing as love in this world.

After all, Maxwell was even more of a dirtbag than Marvin. The former might look like a gentleman on the outside, but inside, he was a hypocrite through and through.

The story of Maxwell and Emily began well enough. At first, the lovestruck Maxwell did not give up chasing Emily until she finally agreed to be his girlfriend and ultimately married him. However, not long after their wedding, he started staying out the whole night with his mistress with the end product being an illegitimate daughter.

Yet, he had the nerve to accuse Emily of cheating on him. In the end, he teamed up with the rest of his family to drive her out of the house. At her wit’s end, Emily had no choice but to entrust Corinne to Marvin while she vanished into thin air.

Again, with a backstory like this, it was no wonder ‘all men are the same’ became Corinne’s mantra.

“But you started to believe in love after meeting Uncle Jeremy, right?” asked Annie, blinking innocently.

Corinne frowned when she thought of how Jeremy left without saying goodbye.

“I…don’t know.” Annie tilted her head in confusion. “What do you mean, you don’t know? Aren’t you together with him because you love him?” “All I can say is I do care about him right now, and he’s someone who’s very important to me. He’s so important that I can sacrifice everything I have for him.

As for what this feeling is called, I don’t know. Plus, I can’t guarantee I’ll feel the same way in the future. Not to mention, I don’t know if he feels the same way about me.” Annie nodded her head rapidly. “Trust me, Corinne, when I say Uncle Jeremy loves you. He really, really loves you.” “Is that so?” Corinne asked with a smirk. ‘If he loves me, why didn’t he call or message me? Even if he’s flying to the South Pole, he should’ve landed by now.

Why hasn’t he called or messaged me yet? Hmph!’ … Meanwhile, Sunny, who had seen Jason off, saw from a distance Xante walking out of the hospital. He was about to go ask her where she was heading when she got in a luxury sedan and left.

Curious, Sunny flagged down a taxi and asked the driver to follow the luxury sedan. ‘I must get to the bottom of who she is and her relationship with Corinne!’ It was not long before Xante’s car drove into the parking lot of a hotel, and the taxi followed suit.

… Xante looked at her watch after knocking on the presidential suite.

Aaron, with wet hair sticking to his head and only a towel wrapped around the lower half of his body, opened the door. It was obvious he had just finished taking a shower.