Ch. 1221..1230

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1221-‘What’s my plan from here on out?’ Corinne was puzzled why Jeremy asked her that. She frowned and tried to gloss over her answer. “My plan is to take one step at a time. What’s most important to me right now is to live in the present.” “My, you sure are one free-spirited woman,” said Jeremy with a scoff. “What I’m trying to ask is, the baby you’re carrying is not yours alone. How are we going to split the custody?” ‘I knew it! He’s trying to steal the baby from me!’ Corinne’s eyes became resolute as she asked, “Mister Jeremy, just who are you to ask me for the baby’s custody?”

Jeremy’s eyes darkened. He narrowed his eyes and retorted, “Well, who do you think I am?” Corinne gulped down some water before answering, “To be honest, you’re no one to me. And we both know the baby was an accident, but since they’ll be born soon, I’ll take care of them as best as I can.

“As for the two of us? We were brought together by chance, but our relationship is finished now. We never got legally married, so this baby has nothing to do with you. There’s no way you can win even if you take me to court.” Jeremy gazed at her stern expression. Suddenly, he smiled. “Miss Corinne, are you questioning the capabilities of my team of lawyers or my power?” Corinne got goosebumps from the way he smiled. “I’m not questioning anything.

I’m just making my own position clear. The baby belongs to me and me alone.

No one can take them away from me!” Jeremy grabbed her chin. “You should know I might not go through the official procedures to get the baby.” “Why you!” Corinne frowned and slapped his hand away. “You can ask your wife to give you a baby if you want one so much! Why do you insist on taking away mine?” ‘My wife?’ Jeremy was a little shocked. “Do you mean…” “Uncle Jeremy!” Annie suddenly appeared and asked him worriedly, “Are the two of you…fighting?” While Annie pulled Marcus toward the table, she saw Jeremy pinching Corinne’s chin roughly and her slapping away his hand. It was obvious Jeremy and Corinne were not getting along.

Jeremy turned to look at Annie. “No, we were just having a little chat,” he said coldly.

“Oh… Okay…” Annie pushed Marcus on his seat before sitting next to Corinne.

Then she whispered, “Corinne, was Uncle Jeremy being mean to you?” Corinne shook her head. “No, it was just like he said. We were just having a little chat.” Annie was at a loss for words. ‘Are they serious? Anyone with eyes could see they were fighting.’ She glared at Jeremy. “Uncle Jeremy, how can you fight with Corinne when she just came back? You should apologize to her, or do you not want to live anymore?” Jeremy glared at her. “Mind your own business.” Annie was speechless.

Marcus did not know what was happening, but he could feel the tension in the air, so he tried to defuse it by making small talk.

“Mister Jeremy, have you ordered? I’m sorry for not preparing any gifts for our first meeting, so if you don’t mind, I would like to buy this lunch. Please order whatever you like.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1222-Jeremy scoffed again. “We’ve already ordered for ourselves. You two can order something else if you want.” “Oh, you’ve ordered? That’s great,” said Marcus with a sincere smile. “I’ll just order a few of Annie’s favorite dishes, then.” Annie fell into deep thought, which made her look like she was in a trance while Marcus called over the waiter to order a few more dishes.

‘Uncle Jeremy and Corinne stopped talking after Marcus and I came,’ thought Annie. Jeremy’s tense expression was as though someone owed him a lot of money. Meanwhile, Corinne was looking out of the restaurant’s window absentmindedly.

‘No, this won’t do! They’re going to break up at this rate! A man should be the first to apologize for this kind of problem to be solved.’ Annie did no doubt Jeremy’s holier-than-thou attitude would push Corinne further away.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her mind. ‘If I can’t persuade Uncle Jeremy, someone else can!’ She quickly texted Francine to tell her Corinne had come back.

… Meanwhile, at the Holdens’ mansion.

Francine did not have class in the afternoon. She just took a shower after getting back from school when she saw Annie’s text, stating Corinne had returned. Annie even sent her a photo, which she had taken secretly, of Corinne and Jeremy sitting across each other. They were both clearly displeased.

Francine nearly jumped up in excitement.

[Where are you guys now? Where did Jeremy find Corinne?] she texted Annie back.

[We’re at XXX restaurant. Corinne returned on her own accord and just happened to bump into Uncle Jeremy.] [Then is Jeremy going to bring her back later? I’ve gotta tell Grandma this news!] [I don’t think that’s going to happen. They’re talking about ending things.

Corinne looks really depressed, and it’s obvious she doesn’t want to talk to Uncle Jeremy.] Francine frowned. [What? They’re going to end things? How? She’s carrying my brother’s baby, and if I remember correctly, the baby’s due next month, right?

They should be waiting happily for their bundle of joy right now, so why are they fighting?] Annie sent her a sighing emoji. [Don’t ask me—I don’t know the answers. It’s not like I want to see them breaking up, too. That’s why I’m texting you now. I hope you can bring your grandmother to the restaurant. Only she can force Uncle Jeremy to apologize to Corinne first.] Francine immediately jumped to Jeremy’s defense. [Why should he apologize first? He didn’t do anything wrong. Corinne was the one who disappeared without so much as a goodbye! She should apologize to Jeremy first.] Annie was speechless. [Francine, you sound like you don’t want them back together at all.] As much as she was angry about the whole thing, Francine wanted Corinne to come home. [Fine. Send me the location of the restaurant. I’ll bring Grandma over as soon as possible.] Annie did exactly as she asked.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1223-Francine quickly changed her clothes and ran off to find Pamela right after Annie sent her the restaurant’s location.

Meanwhile, Pamela was sewing some clothes for her unborn grandson in her bedroom while praying Corinne would return. She never stopped worrying or missing her, so she tried to keep her occupied by sewing baby’s clothes.

Suddenly, Francine barged in. “Grandma!” Pamela jumped up in fright, causing the needle to prick her hand.

“Francine, why did you scare me like that?” Pamela glared at her, put down the needle, and used a tissue to wipe away the blood trickling down her hand.

Seeing this, Francine quickly walked over to her. “Grandma, are you okay?” Pamela threw away the tissue and lectured her with a frown, “I’m okay, but sooner or later, you’re going to be the death of me. What happened? Why didn’t you knock before you came in?” Francine felt a little guilty for being the reason Pamela hurt herself. She pouted and said, “Sorry, Grandma. I was in too much of a rush.” “Apology accepted. Now, tell me what put you in so much of a rush?” “Corinne’s back!” Pamela’s eyes immediately lit up. “What did you say? Corinne’s back? Where is she right now? Quick! Bring me to her.” After that, she started walking out of her room.

Francine quickly went up to stop her. “Calm down, Grandma. I haven’t finished speaking. Corinne’s not back at our home yet. She’s having lunch with Jeremy outside.” Pamela was over the moon. “That means Jeremy knows she’s back, too! Oh, thank heavens. Though I do wish they had their lunch at home instead. I’ll ask the kitchen to prepare some of Corinne’s favorite food for dinner tonight!” Francine sighed again. “Grandma, things aren’t as simple as you think they are.

Annie said there seems to be something going wrong between Jeremy and Corinne ’cause they’re talking about ending things.” Pamela’s smile gradually disappeared. “What? They’re going to end things?!

Why would they want to end things when the baby is due soon? What the hell is that stupid grandson of mine thinking? He should’ve brought her home the moment he found her instead of talking about ending things outside!” Francine held on to Pamela’s elbow. “That’s why Annie asked me to bring you to the restaurant. She said you’re the only person who can make Jeremy apologize first. I mean, we wouldn’t want Corinne to run away again, do we?” “Yes! I will go! No, I must go! Let’s go, Francine. Bring me to the restaurant now!” asserted Pamela.

Francine found it somewhat amusing to see her usually calm grandmother panicking. “Don’t worry, Grandma. Annie is keeping an eye on them as we speak, so why don’t you put on your coat first? They’re not going to leave the restaurant so soon.” Pamela quickly ordered one of the maids to bring her her coat before putting it on and dragging Francine out of her bedroom. However, the moment they stepped out of the door, they bumped into Sophia, who came to visit Pamela with two boxes of pastries in her hands.

“Grandma, where are you going in such a rush?” asked Sophia with a polite smile.

Pamela looked around shiftily. “Um… I’m going out with Francine to do something. What are you doing here, Sophia?” Sophia raised the two pastry boxes in her hands. “I managed to get some pastries that went viral some time ago for you to try.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1224-Pamela nodded and smiled. “Thank you. That’s very thoughtful of you. But why don’t you leave the pastries here first? I’ll have them when I come back. Sorry for not keeping you, but I have to attend to a family matter. But please do come again another day! I’ll cook lunch for you then.” Sophia smiled demurely. “It’s okay, Grandma. There’s no need to feel bad about it. By the way, are you going out? Shall I give you a ride?” “No, it’s fine. We won’t want to take up any more of your time, so we’ll ask the family driver to give us a ride. After all, that’s what we pay them to do.” “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’m completely free this afternoon,” said Sophia warmly.

Francine always hated Sophia. It annoyed her that Sophia came every two or three days to spend time with Pamela and Greg. She was not really worried about Pamela being swept away by her charm since she was a woman too and knew what Sophia was trying to do.

However, Greg was a different story. He was smitten by Sophia’s charm. It was obvious he liked Sophia more than Corinne as he would always praise her for her cheerful and down-to-earth personality.

Francine could not help but feel angry when she recalled that.

“That’s enough, Sophia! Give up. I know what you’re trying to do, but Jeremy will never like you!” Sophia shrugged helplessly. “Francine, you’re getting the wrong idea. I was just trying to be kind by offering a ride to you and your grandmother. I really have no other ulterior motives,” she said innocently.

Francine rolled her eyes. “As if I’m going to believe that! Let me tell you something: Corinne is already back, so it’s game over for you. No amount of sucking up to my brother or my grandparents will ever work out in your favor!” Sophia was first stunned to hear this, but she then smiled. “Really? Corinne’s back? Where is she? Grandma, are you going to see her now? Can you please bring me with you? I’ve been dying to meet her!” Pamela frowned, upset that Francine could not keep her big mouth shut.

“Sophia… I know you mean well, but how about you meet her another day? She must be tired since she just came back. I don’t think she’ll have the energy to meet new people, so I’ll introduce her to you another day.” “Don’t worry, Grandma. I promise I won’t bother her,” insisted Sophia cheerfully.

“I think I might be the reason why Corinne suddenly left Jeremy, so I want to clear up the misunderstanding with her.” Pamela thought Sophia’s reasoning sounded logical, so her resolution started to waver. ‘She’s right. She’s probably the reason why Corinne ran away from home. Corinne might just get back with Jeremy after hearing Sophia’s explanation.’ Francine scoffed. “Grandma, we should just let her come with us. She owes Corinne an explanation, and hopefully, she’ll give up trying to steal Jeremy once she sees how much better Corinne is than her.” After thinking it over, Pamela finally nodded. “Very well, then. You can come with us, Sophia.” Sophia grinned. “Oh, thank you so much, Grandma!” After she passed the two boxes of pastries to the maid, she took out her car keys and helped Pamela to the car.

‘Corinne’s back! I can finally see what kind of person she is!’ Meanwhile, back in the restaurant, the waiter placed the last dish they ordered on the table. He did not remember who ordered what, so the waiter simply placed the dishes on any empty spot.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1225-Corinne was eating absent-mindedly with her eyes half-closed. She only took food from the two dishes closest to her ordered by Annie, even though she did not like the taste. At that point, it did not matter what she ate.

Annie was equally as absent-minded as Corinne. She would, from time to time, check her phone, wondering why Francine and Pamela had not reached the restaurant yet.

Marcus placed a piece of chicken wing on Annie’s plate. “What are you thinking about? You should eat more.” Annie snapped back to the present. She forcibly smiled and said, “Oh, no…it’s nothing!”

‘Corinne was about to finish her food. She’ll definitely find some excuse to leave early after that! Where the hell are they?’ thought Annie.

Corinne was intent on finishing her food; she could not wait to get out of the restaurant. Time felt so slow that a minute felt like a year to her.

To make Corinne stay, Annie kept piling food onto her plate. “Here, Corinne.

Have some of this. Eating more vegetables will make the baby healthier.” The corner of Corinne’s lips twitched. “Thanks.” Without thinking much, she picked up one of the carrots Annie put on her plate and was about to bite in when Jeremy blocked her fork with his own.

Stunned, Corinne looked up at him. “What the heck are you doing?” Already in a bad mood from the torturous lunch, she was about to explode with rage at the thought of Jeremy wanting to pick a fight with her.

Jeremy frowned and said coldly, “Have you forgotten that you’re allergic to carrots?” Corinne was speechless. She looked down at the piece of carrot in her fork and suddenly remembered she was, indeed, allergic to carrots. She did an allergic test which showed she was allergic to carrots, but she did not really pay much attention to it since her allergic reaction was quite minor whenever she ate it.

However, she never expected Jeremy to still remember she was allergic to carrots. ‘Don’t tell me he memorized the entire allergic test report?’ Corinne’s heart skipped a beat at that moment, but she quickly reminded herself to not read too much into it. Besides, even if Jeremy did remember the few things she was allergic to, she was sure he did it out of concern for the baby and not for her.

Thus, the more Jeremy cared about the baby, the more anxious she became.

‘He’s right. He won’t need to go through the official procedures to steal the baby from me. I’d never stand a chance against him!’ Not wanting to be controlled, Corinne pulled her fork away and stubbornly put the carrots into her mouth. ‘He should just mind his own business! This is my body we’re talking about, and I know eating one or two pieces of carrot will do nothing to me!’ Jeremy’s face instantly darkened. He grabbed her chin roughly to stop her from chewing the carrots before forcing her jaws open so he could remove the carrots from her mouth.

Corinne winced. “Ack, ack! What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1226-Jeremy glowered. “Miss Corinne, I don’t care if you don’t want to live, but you shouldn’t take the baby’s life as a joke!” he said contemptuously.

Corinne slapped away his hand in disgust. “Stop being a worrywart! No baby ever died from the mother eating some carrots!” Jeremy pulled back his hand, put down his fork, and stared at her as if looking into her soul.

Corinne did not like how he looked at her, so she stood up and said, “I feel like I’m going to throw up. Please excuse me while I go to the restroom!” She then walked away without waiting for anyone’s response.

Annie watched Corinne leave before turning to ask Jeremy, “Why did you do that, Uncle Jeremy? You made her angry again!” Instead of answering her, Jeremy simply stared at Corinne’s back silently.

… Corinne walked slowly since she was already eight months pregnant by then.

However, before she got to the restroom, she ran into Pamela and Francine.

Both were walking as fast as they could to find her.

“Corinne! Look, Grandma! It is Corinne!” shouted Francine excitedly while holding onto Pamela’s elbow.

Corinne stopped walking when she heard someone calling out her name. She then turned and was surprised to see Pamela and Francine.

She forcibly smiled and said, “Grandma. How have you been?” Pamela started to get teary. She walked up and held Corinne’s hands before looking her from head to toe worriedly. “Corinne, where have you been for the past six months? I miss you so much every day!” “Oh, uh… I went to a place with beautiful scenery. I had a very good time there.” Pamela sighed. “No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it’s important for you to stay at home for the baby’s sake. Look at you. You’re already eight months pregnant, but you don’t have the pregnancy glow anymore. It pains me to think how much hardship you must’ve suffered outside.” “Grandma, I didn’t suffer any hardship. Like I said, I had a very good time on my own,” explained Corinne helplessly.

Pamela paid no mind to what she said. It was as if she was in her own world.

She held Corinne’s hand tightly and nagged her to take care of herself more.

Corinne did not want to have too much interaction with anyone from the Holden family, but she felt it would be rude to act coldly toward an old woman. Thus, she forced herself to go along with whatever Pamela said.

At the same time, she could not help but feel a pair of hostile eyes were on her.

She turned to where she thought the gaze was coming from.

Sophia smiled and walked up to her. She held out her hand for a handshake.

“Hello, Miss Corinne. I heard so much about you! It’s so great to finally meet… Ah, forgive me. This isn’t our first time meeting, isn’t it? I mean, we met yesterday, right?” Sophia was able to correctly guess that Corinne was Moon by her body language.

Corinne looked at her. At that point, there was no need to hide her other identity.

She smiled and said, “Yes. Fancy seeing you again.” However, she did not shake her hand. Thus, Sophia had no choice but to awkwardly put down her hand. To her credit, she kept her smile.

Initially, Corinne still had kind feelings toward Pamela. She was grateful to the old woman for taking care of her before, but that feeling disappeared when she saw Pamela had brought Sophia with her.

Not wanting to talk to Pamela anymore, Corinne pulled her hands back and said, “Excuse me, but I need to go to the restroom for a bit. Mister Jeremy’s table is right ahead. Please find him there

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1227-With that, Corinne walked around the three women to go to the restroom.

Still worried, Pamela patted Francine and said, “Francine, go with Corinne so that you can help her if she runs into any inconvenience. Remember to make sure she doesn’t fall.” Francine nodded and went after Corinne.

The moment Corinne came out from the cubicle, she saw Francine with her arms crossed and looking at her as though she had done something very wrong.

She ignored her and went to wash her hands.

Annoyed at being ignored, Francine put her hands on her hips and shouted, “Hey! Just where the heck were you for the past six months?” Corinne pumped some of the handwash liquid onto her palms and lightly rubbed them together to create some foam. “What does that have anything to do with you?” she asked breezily.

Francine frowned. “Of course it does! You’re my sister-in-law! How can you run away from home without thinking about our feelings?” Corinne chuckled softly. “I’m sorry, but you’re mistaken. I’m not your sister-inlaw. In fact, your sister-in-law is the woman that came with you.” Francine did not catch her meaning at first, but realization then dawned on her.

“Are you talking about Sophia? She’s not—” “Francine!” interrupted Sophia, walking in with a smile.

Francine glared at her. She did not like Sophia one bit. “What are you doing here?” “Grandma asked me to come get you,” replied Sophia with a wide grin.

Francine blinked. “Grandma is asking for me? Why? She asked me to accompany Corinne to the restroom, didn’t she?” “She needs her heart medicine in her bag, which you’re carrying.” Francine looked down and realized she was, indeed, carrying Pamela’s bag.

‘Grandma must’ve been too excited to see Corinne that she needs her medicine to calm down.’ At that thought, she quickly strode outside while saying, “I’m going to find her now.” Once Francine was out of the restroom, Sophia took out her lipstick from her bag and walked over to Corinne to reapply her lipstick. She smiled at Corinne through the reflection of the mirror.

“Miss Corinne, you are as beautiful as they say you are. Why, you don’t even need makeup to look beautiful! However, I do wonder why you’re willing to come out without a mask when you didn’t seem to want to do that yesterday.” Corinne washed away the foam on her hand, turned off the tap, and pulled out some tissue to dry her hand. “There’s no need for disguises anymore. Mister Jeremy already knows where I am.” Sophia smacked her lips together and put the cap back on her lipstick after she finished reapplying her lipstick. “You sound like you don’t want him to find you.

Why is that?” Corinne raised her eyebrow. “Miss Sophia, I’m pretty sure you don’t want him to find me too. You don’t actually have anything to worry about. I’m not interested in getting back with him, so your position is safe.” Sophia shook her head and smiled. “No, you’re wrong. I do want him to find you and am glad that you two have finally reunited. It really is nice to meet you, Miss Corinne.” Corinne narrowed her eyes, wondering whether Sophia was telling the truth.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1228-Sophia casually put her lipstick back into her bag. When she looked up, she saw Corinne looking at her in confusion.This caused her to laugh. “What? You don’t believe me?” Corinne threw the tissue she used to wipe her hand into the trash can. “What makes you think I’d believe you? After all, no wife would wish for her husband to be reunited with his mistress, no?” Sophia shrugged nonchalantly, but she suddenly nodded. “To be honest, I do mind a little. But I like to think in the long term. You’ll forever be the one that got away for Jeremy if you never turned up. He’d forever miss you and think of the what-ifs no matter how much I try to make him forget you.“However, if you guys get back together, reality would do the work for me. You’ll start getting sick of each other, then Jeremy will stop loving you and come back to me so we can live happily ever after. By the way, we have a saying in our country. ‘The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.'” “Oh, I get what you’re thinking now.” Corinne was actually quite impressed by Sophia’s intelligence. She was evidently more manipulative and more transparent than Anya.Sophia smiled. “It’s not wrong for me to think that way, right? I don’t care how many women Jeremy’s been with. All I can care about is which woman gets to grow old with him, and I have a feeling it’s going to be me. So you see, Miss Corinne, you’re nothing but one of the many women who’s just passing through his life.” Corinne smiled, too. “You’re right. You’re probably the only woman who’s willing to grow old with him. Even if it’s not you, it won’t be me because I have no interest in that old fart whatsoever.” Sophia blocked Corinne from leaving. “But you’re carrying his kid inside of your belly!” She then touched her belly without asking for permission.Corinne immediately stepped back with alarm. “This baby belongs to me alone.He has nothing to do with the baby at all!” Sophia smiled kindly. “Don’t get me wrong, Miss Corinne. I have no other intention. I like kids, so I can’t wait for the baby to be born.” Corinne was starting to think Sophia was demented. However, after thinking it over seriously, she thought Sophia might just be another victim of Jeremy’s. She probably did not know Jeremy was playing with her, which was why she agreed to marry him.With that thought in mind, Corinne stated her position sternly. “My baby will come safely into this world, and I alone will take care of him. I won’t let anyone who doesn’t have anything to do with me or him get close to him.” Sophia, however, retorted, “No, that won’t do! The baby belongs to Jeremy, so it’s best to raise him with the Holdens. As a matter of fact, I’m confident I can be a good stepmother to the baby. I’ll do whatever I can to bring the baby up to be an exceptional human being.” Corinne had never met a woman as delusional as Sophia before. She did not want to waste her breath talking to her, so she stepped around her to get out of the restroom as fast as possible. However, she must have walked too fast as she accidentally bumped into someone.“You’re such a klutz!” Corinne’s heart tightened when she heard the familiar voice. She looked up and saw Jeremy looking down at her with disgust.She instinctively took a step back and apologized, “Sorry, I didn’t see you just now.” Jeremy scoffed coldly and lifted her chin roughly. “What were you thinking about that you didn’t even bother to look where you’re going?” Corinne did not like him touching her, so she smacked his hand away. “Nothing!Please behave yourself, Mister Jeremy. Keep your hands to yourself while speaking to me

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1229-Jeremy narrowed his eyes. “Corinne Carew, do you have any idea how—” “Jeremy, you came to the restroom too?” interrupted Sophia cheerfully as she came out of the restroom.

She then walked up to Corinne and held onto her elbow like they were best friends. “Jeremy, I got the chance to meet Miss Corinne in the bathroom. Don’t worry, I’ll help her back to the table. You just go ahead to the restroom.” Jeremy glanced at Sophia darkly and said nothing. Instead, he turned back to go into the restroom.

As soon as he was out of sight, Corinne pulled her arm away from Sophia and dusted off her sleeves before walking off.

Sophia followed after her. “Corinne, it looks like Jeremy still cares about you.” Corinne scoffed. “Is that so?” “Of course! I’ve known him for twenty years, so I can tell at a glance whether he’s interested in a particular woman. Can you please get back together with him?” Corinne looked at Sophia in disbelief. “As Jeremy’s wife, you want me to get back together with him?” Sophia broke out in laughter before answering, “Yeah! I promise I won’t get jealous if you two get back together.” Corinne rolled her eyes until she could not roll them anymore. “You’re one crazy woman, alright.” She then started to make her way out of the restaurant, but Sophia pulled her back. “Corinne, where are you going? Grandma Pamela is waiting for you to go back to the table.” Corinne shook off her hand. “I’m already full, so I won’t be going back to the table. Please help me say goodbye to her.” Corinne took another step, but Sophia immediately blocked her path. “No! I can’t let you go like this! Jeremy will think I chased you away by saying something mean if you leave now.” Corinne smiled. “Well, didn’t you?” Sophia shrugged. “I was just making it clear to you my position on this matter.

Plus, I already told you I hope you and Jeremy will get back together, so how can you say I’m being mean? Come on, please stay. Don’t make things difficult for me.” Corinne’s eyes darkened. “You disgust me, Sophia. In fact, you and Jeremy are a match made in heaven! He has a legally married wife, yet he pretended he was single so he could string me along. You, on the other hand, pretended to be generous enough to let your husband hurt others. I can’t even tell which of the two of you are more evil!” Instead of getting angry, Sophia actually laughed. “Oh, Corinne, don’t say that.

You should look on the bright side! How many women wanted to be hurt by Jeremy but didn’t get the chance to do that? You, on the other hand, got pregnant with his kid. If you ask me, I think he’s very good to you already.” Corinne felt like she was about to throw up. “Move aside!” she shouted impatiently.

Sophia remained unmoving. “No! I told you I can’t let you leave like this!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1230-Corinne’s pregnancy hormones made her more impatient than ever. She was already in a bad mood from seeing Jeremy, and Sophia’s nonsensical babbling pushed her to the edge.

Corinne raised her hand, intending to push Sophia out of the way. Just as her fingers brushed her shoulder, Sophia flew out and hit her head on the cashier counter as though propelled by some invisible force. Blood started to trickle down her forehead, causing her to scream out in pain.

Corinne frowned at Sophia’s subpar acting. ‘I can’t believe just a few minutes ago, I thought this woman was smarter than Anya in her manipulation method!

Welp, she’s not that much smarter after all.’

Corinne did not feel guilty at all as she did not even touch Sophia before she fell on her own accord. ‘It’s just as well that she fell. I can leave the restaurant now.’ However, she did not even take two steps before Jeremy shouted at her, “Where do you think you’re going?!” Corinne stopped and turned to look at him. “What? Do I need your permission to leave too?” Jeremy’s face darkened. He strode toward where Sophia was on the floor and helped her up before glaring at Corinne. “How can you leave when you’re the reason Sophia is so badly hurt?” “Forget it, Jeremy. I’m okay. Please don’t ruin your reunion with Miss Corinne because of me…” said Sophia, pretending to be stoic.

Jeremy scoffed. “I know you mean well, Sophia. But I don’t think she’s the type to appreciate it.” Sophia shook her head and squeezed out a smile. “I’m fine.” Corinne’s eyes had grown icy cold by then. “Mister Jeremy, you should know that she wouldn’t let me leave just now so I had no choice but to push her aside.” Jeremy took a step toward her and looked at her threateningly. “You can push her aside, but not to the point she’d fall and hurt her head!” He was still the same man she knew, but this time, her position with Sophia had been switched. Previously, whenever Corinne was accused of something she did not do, Jeremy would unconditionally come to her defense. He would believe she was innocent even when she did not tell him.

This time, he chose to believe his legally married wife—Sophia.

‘Well, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised,’ thought Corinne. ‘I was more important than all the random girls that tried to pull me down in the past, so of course he’d side with me. But now that it’s his wife we’re dealing with… It only makes sense he’d choose to believe her over me.’ Even though Corinne understood the reasoning behind Jeremy’s action, she could not help but feel chilled to the core.

“Then what do you want me to do?” she sneered Jeremy looked at her from head to toe before gesturing with his chin to Sophia.

“Apologize to her, and we’ll let the whole thing slide.” ‘What? He wants me to apologize to her for something I didn’t do?’ Corinne smirked. “You might as well sue me because I’m never going to apologize. She knows very well that I don’t have the strength to push her that hard.” Sophia took a deep breath pitifully and said, “She’s right! It was my fault. I was caught off balance, and that’s why I fell. Jeremy, please, let’s forget the whole thing. I’m really okay!” Jeremy was not going to let Corinne off the hook so easily. He took another threatening step toward her. “I’m only going to ask you one last time. Are you or are you not going to apologize?” Corinne felt her heart aching. She was not hurt by the fact that she was wrongfully accused but by the fact that Jeremy did not believe her