Ch. 1171..1180

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1171-“I was so worried about you that I snuck out of the house to find you when my brother wasn’t looking. I forgot to bring my wallet, and my phone is running out of battery… Xante, can you please come pick me up?” explained Sunny pitifully.

“No. Find a way to get home yourself!” she said impatiently.

“I’m scared to go home. Lucas doesn’t seem like he’s in a good mood today, and I’ll definitely receive a beating if I go home now. Plus, I don’t have any money to take the cab…” Xante would like to kick his behind if she could. “Where are you now? I’ll send someone over to drive you to a hotel where you can stay for the night. Then you can figure out a way to get home in the morning.”

“No! I don’t want someone else to come get me! I only want you! I’d rather freeze to death than let someone else pick me up,” said Sunny stubbornly.

Xante frowned. “Fine. You can freeze to death for all I care!” After that, she hung up the phone. ‘God. He’s so annoying! What have I done to deserve this?’ The penniless Sunny was in the underpass near Newmoon Group. He kept shivering since he had forgotten to bring his coat too. As angry as he was to hear the busy dial tone, he decided to put down his pride to call Xante again.

However, his phone completely ran out of battery before the call went through.

‘D*mn it! I’m so screwed!’ Sunny put his phone back into his pocket. He then hugged himself and hopped around to warm himself. A live-streaming busker playing his guitar was livestreaming up ahead, so he decided to distract himself by listening to the songs.

He found a clean spot to sit next to the busker. Suddenly, tears started flowing out of his eyes. He did not know why he was crying. Maybe it was because the song the busker was playing was too beautiful. It was an emotional love song which seemed apt to his situation then.

In all the 18 years he had been alive, Sunny had never been humiliated by anyone except for Lucas. Coming from a wealthy and powerful family, he had always been adored and worshiped. That was, of course, until he met Xante.

‘That b*tch! She seduced me first, and now she’s ignoring me? How dare she!’ he thought angrily.

Despite the humiliation and cold shoulder, he could not stop himself from thinking about her. He wished he could see her every day or at least hear her voice.

‘Dmn it! Dmn it! How could she break up with me when I’m just getting started?’ The more he thought about it, the more hurt he felt. He wiped his tears with his arm and scrunched up his face to stop himself from crying further.

He thought no one would see him like that, but what he did not know was the camera on the busker’s phone was able to capture him clearly where he sat.

The viewers seemed to love him, and one comment after another popped up on the screen. No one was paying attention to the busker anymore as they were all more interested in the crying handsome young man.

[He’s really crying his heart out, huh? Must’ve been dumped.] [No way. What girl in their right mind would dump a handsome guy like him?] [There, there. Let me hug you and comfort you.] [He’s exactly my type! I wonder which girl broke his heart

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1172-The busker stopped playing his guitar and singing before he turned to look at Sunny when he saw the comments were all about him.

“Hey dude, are you okay?” he asked after putting down his guitar and walking over to him.

Sunny did not want to let others see him cry, so he wiped his tears away with his arm. “Yeah, I’m okay. I… I’m just waiting for someone.” The busker did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Why are you crying, then?

Did the person you were waiting for ditch you?” “Get lost! Mind your own business,” said Sunny angrily.

This irked the busker. Anyone would be if they got roared at for caring about somebody. However, he tried to let it slide since he thought Sunny looked like a runaway.

“If you have nowhere else to go, do you want to stay at my place for the night?

I’m about done with my gig anyway.” Sunny was very tempted since he was freezing. “Where do you live?” The busker smiled. “Just nearby here. Wait a second while I pack up my equipment. Then we’ll go.” Sunny accepted his offer and stood up to help the busker pack. To him, anywhere would be better than staying outside. He would probably freeze to death if he stayed out any longer.

The busker turned off his livestream, packed up his stuff, and placed the guitar on his back. “Let’s go,” he said with a smile.

Sunny nodded and followed him out of the underpass. He was so cold and so hungry.

“Dude, where do you live?” asked the busker while they were walking.

“New Capital City.” “Did you fight with your parents and run away?” “You could say that.” The busker smiled and shook his head. “You’re lucky to have parents who care about you, you know. Man, I’m so jealous of you. I know you must be angry at them, but you should really head home tomorrow morning.” Sunny frowned. “Don’t you have any family at all?” The busker smiled ruefully. “I do, but they never cared about me.” “Why not?” The busker did not answer his question. Instead, he pointed to an alley up ahead and said, “My place is just right around the corner.” Sunny subconsciously sped up as he was eager to get out of the cold. However, before he even reached the alley, a white car came out of nowhere and blocked his path.

The white car drove so fast that it frightened Sunny and the busker.

“Don’t you know how to f*cking drive?!” roared Sunny. He was already in a bad mood, and the idiotic driving made it even worse.

“Oh, believe me. I do know how to drive,” said Xante after getting out of her car.

Sunny was stunned, but then he frowned. “What are you doing here? I thought you didn’t want to care about me anymore.” Xante ignored his tantrum. Instead, she looked at the busker beside him with scrutiny. “Who’s this? And where are you going with him?” “Just a kind soul who’s willing to take me in for the night,” replied Sunny darkly.

Xante frowned and rolled her eyes at him. “Haven’t your parents taught you anything about ‘stranger danger’? Get in the car now!” Sunny was tempted, but he was not going to let her off the hook that easily. “I thought you didn’t want to care about me. Why should I get into your car?” he asked huffily.

“I’m going to count to three, and I’ll leave if you don’t get into the car by the time I finish counting,” threatened Xante impatiently.

Sunny scoffed and turned to the confused busker. “What’s the name of your channel?” “Uh… You can find me by searching ‘The Lone Singer’.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1173-“Okay. You can go home now. I’ll be sure to check out your channel,” said Sunny. After that, he haughtily waved the busker goodbye before getting into Xante’s car.

Xante glanced at the busker and got into the car too. She then drove off after making sure both she and Sunny had put on their seatbelts.

Sunny, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, lifted his chin proudly.

“Hmph! I guess it’s true when they say women mean yes when they say no! You still came after all. You know, you should just tell me if you really care about me.

I promise I won’t laugh at you.” Xante was speechless. ‘Here he goes again.’

She would not have come all the way to pick up Sunny if Aaron had not seen the busker’s livestream and told her Sunny was crying in the underpass. After all, it would be more troublesome for her if the Riveras blamed her should anything happen to him.

It was a good thing her place was close to the underpass Sunny was at, so it only took her less than 10 minutes to get there.

“By the way, how did you know where I was?” asked Sunny.

Xante focused her attention on the road instead of answering him.

Not getting an answer, Sunny started coming up with his own scenario. “You must’ve mobilized your men to look for me. Heck, I won’t even be surprised if you call in some favors from the government to locate me using satellite positioning.” Xante frowned. “Nope. I have better things to do than that.” Sunny scoffed. “Why don’t you just admit you were worried sick about me? So how did you find me?” “You got on the trending topic on one of the livestream apps,” replied Xante.

Sunny was stunned. “What? I was a trending topic? You’re lying! I didn’t even do anything, so how did I become a trending topic?” Xante knew his phone was out of battery, so she threw hers onto his lap. “Take a look for yourself.” Sunny picked up Xante’s new phone with a confused expression, but his confusion morphed into horror when he saw screenshots of him crying in the busker’s latest livestream.

“Who… Who posted these?” he asked, all red in the face.

“The people who saw the livestream. You can’t blame anyone but yourself since you should’ve taken care not to appear in the busker’s livestream. I won’t be surprised if this goes viral since everyone online is trying to find out who you are.” Sunny’s face darkened. If given a choice, he would not have wanted to go viral this way!

“Do you think Lucas will see this?” he asked worriedly.

“Even if he didn’t, his men would report to him when they saw it.” Sunny was speechless. “Sh*t. Lucas is going to call me an embarrassment to the family again if he sees this.” “Xante, please do something about this! I know you know someone who can remove me from the trending topic!” Xante turned the car into a residential area. “Do you know how much that would cost? Anyway, why should I help you?” “Please, I’ll owe you one if you can just get someone to delete that livestream video!” Xante ignored him and got out of the car after parking it in the underground parking lot.

Sunny quickly unbuckled his seatbelt to chase after her. “Xante! Say something!

Are you going to help me or not?” Xante gave him a side glance. “Aren’t you in some sort of hacker league? Why waste money when you can ask your buddies to delete the livestream video?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1174-Sunny felt embarrassed at the mention of his amateur hacker league.

Scratching his head, he said, “Most of the hackers in the league are high-school students, so they’re only starting out. I wouldn’t have asked you for help if I knew they could do it. Please, Xante. Help me out this one time.” Xante pinched the bridge of her nose, thinking, ‘Oh, how did I ever get saddled with this teenager?’ … It was already late in the night when Jeremy got home. Everyone, apart from the household staff working the night shift, was asleep.

The maid went up to take Jeremy’s coat off him. She knew he had just come back from abroad that day. Considering the time difference, she asked, “Mister Jeremy, have you eaten? Should I cook something for you?” Jeremy simply waved her away tiredly before going upstairs.

When he entered his bedroom, he became even more overwhelmed with loss the moment his nose was hit by Corinne’s familiar scent. The smell of her shampoo lingering in the air meant she had taken a shower and blow-dried her hair before leaving this morning.

‘She must’ve planned her escape down to the last detail since she even had the time to take a shower before she went,’ thought Jeremy.

He was about to go take a shower to cool himself down when he heard a noise coming from the bed.

The person on the bed, who seemed to be fast asleep, rolled to the other side. If he listened closely, he could hear the sound of quiet snoring.

He stopped walking in shock and stared intently at the person on the bed. The person was curled up and hugging a pillow…dressed in Corinne’s pajamas!

‘Is it her? Did she come back?’ Forgetting to turn on the light, Jeremy half-ran to the bed. “Corinne. Hey, Corinne. Is that you?” The person on the bed stirred in her sleep. “Wha…?” Jeremy quickly scooped her up and hugged her tightly to his chest as though fearing she would run away again. “You crazy little rascal! Oh, I’m so glad you’re back!” ‘That’s why the room smelled like her. She must’ve taken a shower just now,’ thought Jeremy while vigorously sniffing the woman’s hair. He simply could not get enough of her smell.

However, the crushing hug caused the woman to wake up completely. “Jeremy, what the heck are you doing?” Jeremy immediately tensed up. Sensing something was off, he pushed the woman away and reached out his hand to turn on the light located above the headboard.

His eyes darkened when he saw Sophia’s face.

“Why are you sleeping here?” he asked after standing up.

Sophia rubbed her eyes sleepily. “Grandpa arranged for me to sleep in Francine’s room, but she kept squeezing me out of the bed. I had no choice but to sleep here,” she explained in a tone that showed she was not aware she had done anything wrong.

“Get out,” ordered Jeremy coldly. It was obvious he was not happy. “You can sleep in any room you want except for this one!” Sophia shrugged unhappily. “Why not? Miss Corinne isn’t here, and it’s not like I’m sleeping on the same bed as you. Why can’t I sleep here? Anyway, you know I can’t sleep in a guest room, right? Plus, even if she’s here, I really don’t think Miss Corinne would mind if I sleep here for the night.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1175-Jeremy frowned and stared at Sophia coldly. “Even if she doesn’t mind, I mind!

Get out of this room this instant!” Sophia frowned for a second before getting out of bed. The pajamas she was wearing were a little too small for her, so her breasts and behind were slightly revealed.

The pajamas belonged to Corinne, who was of a more petite size. The pajamas would be too small for the big-boned Sophia.

Jeremy narrowed his eyes. “Why are you wearing her clothes?” Sophia shrugged. “My stuff hasn’t arrived yet. Jeremy, have you forgotten that we came in such a rush that I didn’t even get a chance to go home to pack my

stuff? I wanted to borrow clothes from Francine, but she wouldn’t lend me no matter how much I begged. I don’t think she likes me very much. You see, I had no choice but to borrow from Corinne.” Not only was she wearing Corinne’s pajamas, but she showered in their room too. The reason was the same: Francine did not let her shower in her room.

Corinne’s pajamas were already small on Sophia, but much more of her skin was revealed when she shrugged or raised her hand.

However, Jeremy completely ignored all of that. Instead, he coldly said, “Take.

It. Off. Now.” Sophia was a little taken aback at first, but she then smiled flirtatiously. “Are you sure you want me to take it off now?” After that, she made to take off her clothes. She was not wearing any underwear beneath it.

Jeremy turned his back to her. “You better change into your own clothes and give me back her clothes now.” “Fine,” said Sophia with a sigh. “You sure are no fun.” Jeremy went to the balcony to get some fresh air. Even though the smell in the room remained the same as before, he could not help but feel disgusted. He lit a cigarette darkly.

After a while, he heard someone coming up from behind him. He did not need to turn around to know who it was, so he remained motionless as he puffed out a cloud of smoke.

Sophia had changed back to her own clothes and came to talk to Jeremy.

Frowning, she pretended to whine, “Jeremy, we’ve been friends for so long. Do you really have to act like this? It hurts me to be treated like this by you.” Jeremy glanced at her emotionlessly. “No matter how close we are, you’re still a woman.” Sophia raised her eyebrow. “Oh, so you do know I’m a woman after all. In all the years we’ve known each other, I’ve always thought you see me as a guy.” Jeremy took a drag of his cigarette before answering, “I’m a married man now, so unlike before, I have to keep some boundaries between myself and the opposite s*x.” Sophia snorted with laughter. “Okay, Mister Married Man, let me ask you something. Where is your wife now, huh? What’s the point of keeping boundaries when she’s not even here to see it?” Jeremy’s face darkened, even though he agreed with what Sophia said. ‘She’s right. What’s the point of keeping my boundaries? It’s not that little rascal would care.’ “Jeremy, you went out to find Miss Corinne just now, right? Judging from your face, you couldn’t find her, right?” asked Sophia.

Jeremy continued to silently smoke.

“Jeremy, what are you going to do if you can’t find her this time?” asked Sophia again.

Jeremy’s eyes darkened. “No, that’ll never happen. I’ll find her even if she has been turned into ash!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1176-Sophia put her hand on the balcony railing and fluttered her eyelashes at Jeremy. “I’m just saying ‘if’! I mean, would you take another woman as your wife if you can’t find Miss Corinne?” “There’s no ‘if’ in this matter.” Sophia pouted. “What a spoilsport! There’s no harm in imagining a different scenario.” Jeremy glanced at her. “Just what are you trying to say here?” Sophia beamed at him. “What I’m trying to say is… If you can’t find Miss Corinne, I’ll be willing to live with you as a partner. I mean, we’re already legally married abroad, so that makes us husband and wife too, right?”

Indeed, they had gotten legally married abroad. Back then, Greg refused to undergo a life-saving surgery unless Jeremy got married. Thus, to appease his grandfather, he decided to find a woman to go through a fake marriage with him.

He chose Sophia because they had known each other for a long time, and there was no drama between them so he asked her to help him. After they got legally married abroad, Jeremy took the marriage certificate back to New Capital City to show Greg.

However, Greg was no old fool. Fearing Jeremy would get a divorce the instant he got the surgery, Greg told him that it was not enough for him to register their marriage. Jeremy would also need to announce their engagement and have a wedding in New Capital City.

Jeremy had no choice but to agree to Greg’s terms. However, Sophia failed to turn up at the wedding on time due to terrible flight conditions. It was also on that day, Jeremy met Corinne for the first time. After she kissed him, he dragged her to the wedding to complete the ceremony.

Much later, he slowly forgot about the marriage certificate he got with Sophia as they did not really stay in contact after the wedding. Jeremy had every intention to get legally married to Corinne since he planned to spend the rest of his life with her.

However, he knew the city hall could find out about his marriage abroad, and Corinne would definitely be mad once she learned of the situation. Thus, he planned to explain everything to her only after revoking his marriage with Sophia.

Jeremy thought Sophia would readily agree to the ‘divorce’, but she refused to cooperate with him unless she was given some sort of compensation. She said her prospect of finding another partner in the future had been greatly diminished since she would have to carry the stigma of being a divorcee.

Jeremy knew that, so he agreed to compensate her. The tricky part was that Sophia did not want compensation in the form of money. What she really wanted was for him to stay with her in Molomia for a month, then she would agree to the divorce.

Since he happened to have a new project in Molomia that required him to personally oversee the kickoff, he agreed to stay with her. However, things obviously did not go according to his plan.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1177-Jeremy scoffed. “Do you think I’m in the mood to joke with you right now?” Sophia shrugged. “Why not? I mean, Miss Corinne could be having the best time in her life as we speak. There’s no reason for you to be sad.” Jeremy frowned. “That’s enough chit-chat for the night. Go find another room to sleep in.” Sophia shook her head. “Where? I can’t sleep here or in Francine’s room, and I’m not going to sleep in the guest room.” “Only you would believe in the words of a tarot reader!” said Jeremy with annoyance.

“That’s right! And I don’t see anything wrong with that! You’re never going to make me sleep in the guest room! You should just let me stay here for the night since it looks like you’ll be too worried about Miss Corinne to ever fall asleep. I promise I’ll go find a hotel tomorrow morning.” “No!” Sophia rolled her eyes and scoffed. “What a stingy man! I don’t think Miss Corinne cares one bit whether another woman sleeps on her bed since it’s so obvious she doesn’t want to be with you anymore.” Jeremy’s expression darkened. At first, he tried to suppress his anger since Sophia was an old friend of his, and she also helped him out with the whole fake marriage thing. This time, however, she had gone too far.

“Don’t blame me for kicking you out of the house if you don’t get out of the room this instant!” Sophia shrugged. “Oh please, Jeremy. You don’t scare me. I know you, and you’ll never do something like that to me. But I’ve decided to be the bigger person, so I’ll get out like you want. I’ll just watch the television the whole night in the living room. Bye.” After that, she strolled breezily out of the room.

Jeremy did not even spare her a glance. He looked up at the sky, wondering where and what Corinne was doing. He was more worried than mad at her.

Sophia bumped into Francine, who was looking for her, the moment she came out of Jeremy’s room.

Francine put her hands to her hips and glared at Sophia when she saw the woman walking out of Jeremy’s room. “Hey, you! What the hell were you doing in my brother’s room? You must be up to no good. As a matter of fact, I won’t be surprised if you’re the reason Corinne went messing!” “Francine, how can you say something like that? I wanted to sleep in your room, but you kept squeezing me out of the bed! I had no choice but to sleep in Jeremy’s room,” said Sophia unrepentantly.

“You could’ve just slept in the guest room! And don’t give me all that mumbojumbo about bad energy! They’re probably just excuses you’ve made up to sleep in Jeremy’s bedroom. Well, you’re not so smart if you think I’m going to fall for that! Our family doesn’t welcome you, so I suggest you leave this house first thing tomorrow morning!” “You don’t speak for your whole family! Your grandmother seems to like me, or have you forgotten she asked you to give up your room for me? I have half a mind to tell her that you didn’t do as she asked you to! Do you want to bet that she’s going to ask you to move out so that I can stay in your room?” said Sophia confidently.

Francine was beyond livid. She did not understand why Pamela would allow such an annoying woman to stay in the house when there was a more important crisis to solve!

“Pah! My grandmother dotes on me a lot, so she’ll definitely kick you out if I tell her you’re bullying me! That is, unless you didn’t use any of your voodoo magic on her!” Sophia smirked provocatively. “As if I’ll believe that! Tell her that, and see whose side she’ll take!” “Why you evil, shameless woman! How dare you act so cocky in front of me?” exploded Francine

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1178-“Quiet down!” roared Jeremy angrily after he came out of his room.

Francine jumped with fright when she heard Jeremy’s voice. After that, she suddenly realized something. “Jeremy, you’re back. Were… Were you also in the room? What were the two of you doing in there?” Jeremy did not feel the need to explain himself to Francine, so he simply scolded her, “You should be sleeping at this hour! Go back to your room now.” “No wonder Corinne ran away from home. Anyone would leave a husband like you,” muttered Francine under her breath so Jeremy would not hear her. She then glared at Sophia before walking off.

Sophia simply shrugged. “You saw how she treated me, right, Jeremy? That’s why I had no choice but to sleep in your room!” “Please bear with the situation for at least this one night. I’ll arrange for you to stay at the hotel tomorrow, and you won’t have to see her anymore,” said Jeremy glumly.

“Fine.” After that, she went down to the living room to watch the television.

Jeremy did not really care about Sophia. He only came out to stop the fight between Francine and Sophia as he could not stand the shouting.

The moment he went back to his room, he received a call from Tommy. Thinking it was news about Corinne, he quickly answered the phone.

“Sir, we’ve checked all of the immigration records, and there was no record of Miss Corinne leaving the city. We always have eyes on all the highways, and there were no signs of her. She must still be in the city,” reported Tommy.

Jeremy’s heart sank. “Continue to look for her! Leave no stones unturned until you find her!” “Yes, Sir!” … Six months later.

The new Holden Group building was finally completed. The company would be moving in three days later, and there would be a ribbon-cutting ceremony with many reporters in attendance.

At least, that was the plan. There was an unwritten rule in the construction industry that the architect who designed the building must participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Otherwise, bad luck would befall the building occupants and their safety.

As superstitious as the rule sounded, most of the architects would still choose to join the ribbon-cutting ceremony. After all, being photographed with the building they designed would give them a sense of achievement.

Gradually, what started out as a superstition turned into an irrefutable belief to the extent that if the architect did not show up to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he or she was as good as cursing for the building occupants to fail.

This went especially for big corporations. All of the buildings they occupied were mostly skyscrapers, so safety was their utmost concern. Even the shareholders insisted the architect had to be present for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Superstition aside, who would not want to make sure their business kicked off with a great start?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1179-The new Holden Group building was designed and constructed by Newmoon Group. However, the company representative sent an apologetic email saying Moon the architect would not be able to attend the ribbon-cutting as she was occupied. However, to show the company’s sincerity, the president of Newmoon Group would attend on Moon’s behalf.

Holden Group’s directors were furious when they found out about this. They would not accept Newmoon Group’s president to attend on the architect’s behalf. They even went so far as to think that Newmoon Group was cursing them to fail.

Jeremy did not believe in all that mumbo-jumbo, but as the president of Holden Group, he had to respect the board of directors’ wishes. Thus, he called Xante

to let her know that his company would not pay the remaining balance of the payment unless Moon went to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

150 million dollars was not a small sum. That amount of money could spell the life or death of Newmoon Group. Thus, Xante was understandably upset.

“Mister Jeremy, you’re being unreasonable. How can you threaten us with nonpayment to force us into cooperation?” “Who’s the one being unreasonable here?” asked Jeremy coldly. “You know what it means when the architect doesn’t attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, right? Do I really need to tell you what the news would say about my company if they get wind of this? Miss Xante, I highly advise you to bring Moon to the ribbon-cutting ceremony if you want your company to survive in New Capital City.” On the other side of the phone, Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses.

“Well, you’ve certainly proved me wrong, Mister Jeremy. I thought you wouldn’t believe in superstitious mumbo-jumbo.” “I don’t, but it doesn’t matter as this is what many other corporations believe. I believe not one of them will do business with you again if you insist on not bringing Moon to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.” Jeremy hung up the phone after that.

Xante was speechless. It was not that Newmoon Group wanted to curse Holden Group, but how was she supposed to get Moon—who was actually Corinne—to join the ribbon-cutting ceremony when her boss had been trying to hide from Jeremy for the past six months?

It would be a disaster if Corinne was to meet with Jeremy again!

At first, Xante toyed with the idea of getting someone to impersonate Moon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony since no photo of Moon was ever circulated publicly before. In other words, no one knew what she really looked like.

Jeremy had seen Moon once when he came to the company, but she was wearing a mask then, so he did not really get a good look at her. What Xante worried about was that Jeremy, who was familiar with Moon’s work, would get suspicious if the impersonator failed to answer any of his questions. Xante would rather not deal with the backlash if she could help it.

‘But what should I do now? It’s not like I can ask the boss to attend, right? That’s as good as selling her out!’ … Meanwhile, Jeremy walked out of his company building to attend an important business banquet. He pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly after getting into the car. He looked like something was weighing heavy on his mind.

Corinne had seemingly vanished into thin air. No one had seen her, and there was no immigration or purchasing record or news of her. He initially suspected Xante and Aaron were hiding Corinne. After all, even if she did not want him, she would not abandon her old friends, right?

Thus, he arranged for his men to watch Xante and Aaron’s every move.

Alas, they did nothing to warrant any suspicions at all.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1180-Moreover, Xante and Aaron were looking for Corinne as well. They, too, came up empty-handed.

‘Where the hell is that girl hiding?’ thought Jeremy.

“Sir, we’re here.” Jeremy snapped out of his thoughts and looked out of the window. They had arrived at the hotel where the business banquet was held.

He got out of the car and walked steadily to the banquet hall. As soon as he got there, a lavishly dressed sexy woman wound her arm around his.

“Jeremy, you’re late! Everyone has been waiting for you,” said Sophia with a flirtatious smile.

Jeremy unhooked her arm from his and walked to distance himself. “Why come early when it’s not an important event at all?” he asked aloofly.

“How can you say that about a business banquet? All the biggest corporations have come together to talk about the latest development in the industry, so it’s really a good opportunity to network!” said Sophia.

Jeremy was not interested in all that. He possessed all the latest global information at his very fingertips, so there was no need to waste his time in this kind of networking event. He only attended because Zeke and Gerald had been calling him nonstop, asking him to join them in one event or the other. He thought it would be rude if he kept on turning them down.

Most of the events they invited him to attend were of the loud kind, so when they asked him to attend this business banquet, he thought it would be the perfect opportunity to hang out with them. Additionally, he attended this instead of the other events because no random girls would be throwing themselves at him.

Sophia smiled at him. “Alright, alright. If you’re that reluctant to talk to the other people here, you can come hang out with me, Zeke, and Gerald. They’re waiting for you on the balcony.” Jeremy nodded and followed her upstairs. Midway up the stairs, he happened to bump into Lucas, who was coming down from the stairs. The two men exchanged glances before walking past each other silently. It was obvious they did not like each other one bit.

Previously, they would at least give each other a curt nod if they saw one another, and this was despite the bad blood between the two families. However, half a year ago, they became strangers to each other after having a huge fight about Corinne. Lucas felt he was already being kind by letting Jeremy live after Corinne disappeared, so there was no way he would acknowledge him on the stairs!

Jeremy was not in the mood to care about Lucas either, so he walked to the balcony. Zeke immediately stood up with a glass of wine in his hand when he saw Jeremy.

“Hey Jeremy, it’s been a while. Why do you keep turning down our invitations?

Have you become a hermit or something?” he asked as he put his arm around Jeremy’s shoulder.

Jeremy gave him a cold side-eye before pushing him away. “Get lost.” Zeke strode to where Gerald was like a hurt dog. “Gerald, did you see that? I was only worried about him, yet he told me to get lost! Is this how one should treat a friend?” Gerald, who sat on the sofa, sipped his wine before saying, “Serves you right.” After that, he picked up a glass of wine and passed it to Jeremy, who sat next to him. “Hey man, how have you been? Any news about her yet?” Jeremy accepted the glass of wine and clinked it with Gerald’s. He shook his head darkly in response to his question.