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The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1411-‘Jeremy should be landing soon, I hope. He promised me he’ll be in the delivery room with me when the baby comes…’ thought Corinne.

The servants immediately rushed over to help when they heard the commotion coming from the living room. One of them quickly called Lucas to tell him what was happening.

Suddenly, Corinne passed out amid the cacophony of sounds. The last thing she heard was the sound of the ambulance siren wailing in the distance.

… Meanwhile, Lucas and Sunny were walking out of the school’s office. They had completed all the necessary procedures for Sunny to study abroad. Sunny

would not have to go back to that school anymore. After some time, he would fly abroad to his new school.

Lucas got into the car first while Sunny remained standing by the door for a long while. His expression was complicated as he timidly said, “Lucas, this will be my last time coming to this school. I might not like studying, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like this school. After all, I’ve spent a good chunk of my teenage years here, much longer than most of my peers, trying to get into a good university.

Can I stay back to reminisce a bit and say goodbye to my friends?” Lucas narrowed his eyes. “You can. But don’t go anywhere else, and go home before the sun sets.” Sunny nodded. “Got it. Thanks, Lucas.” After that, Edmund closed Lucas’ car door and walked around the car to get into the front passenger seat.

Sunny watched as the car drove away.

Lucas had not even left the school for about a kilometer when his phone rang.

When he saw the number to be the mansion’s landline, he immediately thought something must have happened to Corinne, so he quickly answered his phone.

His expression instantly hardened when he heard a servant telling him about Corinne’s water breaking. “Turn back the car and drive to City Hospital now!” Not knowing what was happening, Edmund reminded him, “But, Mister Lucas, you have an important meeting la—” Lucas frowned and interrupted coldly, “Cancel all of my meetings for today!

Corinne is about to give birth. I must go to the hospital now!” Edmund immediately realized the gravity of the situation when he heard that, so he fell silent.

Lucas suddenly remembered something. “Edmund, find a way to get in contact with Jeremy. See if he’s back in the city. Corinne needs him right now.” “Yes, Mister Lucas!” … Sunny had no idea what was happening at home. He was strolling around the school grounds. Looking at all the buildings, he could not help but feel ashamed at being stuck there for so long.

‘No wonder Xante dumped me. I’ve been stuck here for so many years while she’s already an independent woman who’s enjoying business success. She could get any man she wants, so why would she go for someone who can’t even get into a good university like me?’ As much as he knew Xante did not want to see him, he could not stop himself from wanting to find her. He justified his decision by telling himself he would be leaving soon and would not be back for another three years, so he did not want to have any regrets about not seeing her one last time.

After making his rounds around the school, he did not say goodbye to his friends. Instead, he got into a cab to find the person he wanted to see the most.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1412-Xante’s secretary informed Sunny that Xante was not in her office when he arrived at Newmoon Group. She asked him to come another time.

Sunny did not believe her. He thought it was just Xante’s excuse to avoid seeing him.

Since this would be his last time seeing her before he flew off, Sunny decided to throw away all caution by barging into her office.

Xante’s secretary tried to stop him but failed. Sunny even pushed her out of the office! Left without a choice, she decided to call Xante to tell her the situation.

Once Sunny successfully entered Xante’s office, he realized it was just as the secretary said—Xante was not inside.

‘Where else could she be?’ he wondered.

He was coming up with a list of possibilities when he suddenly heard some noise coming out of the en-suite restroom.

‘Oh, so that’s where she’s hiding,’ thought Sunny with a frown. He then waited for Xante to come out of the restroom.

However, to his surprise, the person who walked out was a man, and half-naked at that!

‘I know him. He’s Xante’s ex-boyfriend!’ Shawn was surprised to see Sunny standing there too. “Oh, it’s you again. What are you doing here, kiddo?” “I’m not a kid! In fact, you should address me as Mister Sunny!” said Sunny through gritted teeth.

Shawn just smiled. He was not going to waste his time arguing with a kid.

“What are you doing here? Who let you in?” shouted Sunny angrily. ‘And why is he half-naked? Just what the hell is this b*stard doing here?’ Shawn shrugged and said coyly, “We’re in Xante’s office, aren’t we? Who do you think let me in?” Sunny became even more enraged at his attitude. He pushed him away to get into the restroom but found no Xante there either.

“She’s not in there, kiddo. She ran off in a hurry after getting a phone call while we were in the middle of a make-out session. I can help you to pass on a message to her if you’d like,” said Shawn.

The words ‘make-out session’ were like an explosion to Sunny’s ears. He wanted nothing more than to beat up Shawn then and there.

‘Did Xante really make out with his guy? If she can easily move on to the next guy, what does this make me?’ thought Sunny.

“Have you no shame?” snarled Sunny. “You guys have broken up! Why do you keep harassing her? And put your clothes back on!” Shawn actually found Shawn’s anger amusing. “Forgive me for being blunt, kiddo, but my guess is you were still in kindergarten when Xante and I were dating, right?” “Why you! So what if you’ve dated her before me? You still got dumped in the end!” exploded Sunny.

“That’s where you’re wrong. I wasn’t dumped,” Shawn replied with a smile, “Due to some personal reasons, I have no choice but to leave her. We didn’t break up because we didn’t love each other anymore, so that’s why it’s easy for us to pick up where we left off.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1413-Sunny clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles turned white. In the end, he could not hold back anymore; he punched Shawn hard.

… Corinne was already wheeled to the delivery room by the time Aaron and Xante arrived at the hospital. Standing outside of the delivery room were Lucas, his bodyguards, and a pale Annie.

“Mister Lucas, what’s the boss’ condition right now?” asked Aaron seriously.

Lucas’ brow furrowed. He might look calm on the surface, but his heart was actually thumping with panic in his chest.

“Her water broke, and the doctor has given her an epidural. The only thing we can do now is wait and see.” Xante fixed a worried gaze at the delivery room door. “Where’s Mister Jeremy?

Isn’t he back yet?” Lucas frowned again at the mention of his useless brother-in-law. He shook his head with disappointment and said, “He didn’t pick up his phone when we called him.” Xante furrowed her brow, and a look of anger flashed across her face. ‘What’s the point of marrying him if he can’t even be there when the boss needs him the most?’ Aaron’s eyes filled with worry too when he heard that. However, half of his attention was also on Annie, who was sitting and trembling in the hospital corridor chair.

At that point, they could only wait outside.

Aaron walked over and sat quietly beside her.

Annie became stunned when she sensed some movement next to her, so she turned her head and saw it was Aaron.

She instinctively hung her head low again as she did not want to see her crying out of worry for Corinne and out of panic for not being able to contact Jeremy or Tommy. ‘My face must be swollen and ugly by now,’ she thought.

Aaron put her arms around her shoulders and said comfortingly, “Don’t worry.

Everything’s going in the boss. Both she and the baby will come out safely.” His tone was light, but it carried within it a curious ability to relax her.

Without looking up, Annie sniffled and said, “But what are we going to do about Uncle Jeremy? Corinne really needs him right now. It pains me to know how scared she must be alone in the delivery room. Did you know she passed out from pain before we even got to the hospital? I can’t help but worry…” Aaron frowned; he was not happy about the whole Jeremy situation either. ‘He should be here to comfort and give moral support to the boss at such a critical time!’ he thought.

Anyone would be angry if the husband failed to turn up when the wife was delivering their baby.

However, this was not Annie’s fault. She did not want things to turn out like this either. In fact, she would have dragged Jeremy here by hook or by crook if given the choice.

Aaron patted her shoulder. Sighing, he said, “Maybe something happened to cause Mister Jeremy to be late in reaching here. He might be on his way as we speak. Don’t worry. Corinne lived through situations worse than this. We all did and we’re fine. Instead of crying, why don’t you say a prayer for her?” Annie finally looked up at his gentle face, his smile as soft as his gaze. She gradually calmed down and nodded. “You’re right. I should stop crying. It’s bad luck. I’m going to say a prayer for Corinne and the baby. What’s more, I need to conserve my energy so that I’ll be able to beat up Uncle Jeremy when he comes.

“How dare that useless man be late for his baby’s birth? Hmph! If I were Corinne, I’d ignore him for the rest of my life for only arriving after the baby’s born. Serves him right for dropping the ball again just when Corinne has finally forgiven him

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1414-A tall man suddenly rushed out of the elevator.

What a coincidence.

“Where is she?” Jeremy asked with great pain.

Lucas immediately grabbed him by the collar. “You b*stard! Why did you come so late?” Annie rushed over to him. “Uncle Jeremy, Corinne is inside the delivery room.

Go to her now!” Jeremy quickly pushed Lucas’ hand away and rushed into the delivery room.

A nurse tried to stop him. “What are you doing? A patient is giving birth inside.

No outsider is allowed!” “I’m the baby’s father!” shouted Jeremy in a panic.

Hearing this, the nurse let him in. “Why are you here so late? Come in quickly, and change into a pair of scrubs before going any closer to the patient.” Jeremy quickly did as he was told. He took off his suit jacket and changed into a pair of scrubs and shoes before following the nurse into the sterile delivery room.

Outside the door, he heard Corinne’s weak moans. ‘She sounds like she’s running out of strength!’ Jeremy’s heart nearly jumped out of his throat. He strode rapidly to her bed and grabbed her limp hand. “Little rascal, I’m back!” The sweat-stricken Corinne immediately turned to look at him in disbelief when she heard his voice. Suddenly, using whatever strength she had left, she bit down hard on his arm.

Jeremy did not even flinch. He squatted down and whispered comfortingly into her ear, “There, there. I’ll be with you till the end.” Finally, Corinne heard the sound of a baby crying through the haze of consciousness.

The doctor held up the already-cleaned baby. “Congratulations, it’s a boy!” Jeremy looked at his baby boy with all the pride and gentleness of a new father, but then his gaze suddenly lost focus.

“Sir?” prompted the doctor curiously when he received no response from Jeremy.

Jeremy snapped out of his trance, picked up the baby from the doctor’s hand, and ran out of the delivery room.

Unsurprisingly, this shocked all of the medical staff.

“Sir! Wait! You can’t take the baby out yet!” The doctor was about to chase after him when one of the nurses shouted, “Doctor, look! Another baby’s coming! I can already see its head!” The doctor turned back to check on the situation. “You’re right! It’s a twin.” “The baby’s father must’ve been too excited to show his baby to the family. We should attend to the patient first,” said the assisting doctor.

Everyone agreed with him, so they all turned their attention back to delivering another baby.

Corinne, who was slipping in and out of consciousness, continued to give birth to another two babies through sheer primal instinct alone.

“The second baby is a boy too! A very healthy one, at that!” “Doctor, there’s a third baby coming!” “Oh my. It’s been a while since we’ve delivered a triplet.” “The last one’s a girl! Their parents are so lucky to have both sons and a daughter in one go

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1415-Corinne woke up to the sight of everyone standing around her and looking at her as though she was some rare animal.

Feeling terribly weak, as well as stinging pain in her lower body, she found herself unable to sit up.

“Well done, Corinne. You gave birth to a twin boy and girl!” said Annie, who was sitting by her bed with tears in her eyes.

‘Twin boy and girl? That can’t be right. I remember I gave birth to triplets…’ thought Corinne.

Corinne knew she was carrying triplets. It was not the case when she ran away from Jeremy. Due to the limitations then, she did not go for her usual regular

check-ups, so it was only until she got back to her doctor in New Capital City that she found out she was carrying triplets.

“You did well, Corinne. Both of the babies are very healthy,” said Lucas as he stroked her forehead lovingly.

Corinne was still a little blurry from the pain, causing her to wonder if her memory of being told she was carrying a triplet by the doctor was all in her imagination. “Where are my babies? I want to see them…” Xante walked over and explained, “Boss, the babies needed to be in the incubator for the time being because they were born prematurely, not to mention it was a twin birth. They came out only weighing less than eight pounds each.

But don’t worry, they’re both very healthy and are being looked after by nurses who are experienced in taking care of premature babies.” Corinne was too weak to question anything else. She thought what Xante said must be true since she was her friend, so she nodded and said, “Okay. I’m happy as long as they’re healthy. But do ask the nurse to bring them to me when they’re out of the incubator.” “Will do, Boss,” said Xante without hesitation.

After that, Corinne instinctively looked at each of the faces around her. She was obviously looking failed to locate him, she asked in a lost voice, “Where’s Jeremy?” Everyone fell silent for a minute.

Aaron was the first to break the silence. “He isn’t back yet. Since you gave birth earlier than expected, it’ll take him some time to get back.” Annie glanced at him and added, “A…Aaron’s right. Uncle Jeremy isn’t back yet.

I’m sure he’ll rush over here to see you as soon as his plane touches down!” ‘He isn’t back yet?’ thought Corinne with a frown. ‘How is that possible? I clearly remember seeing him in the delivery room. I even bit his arm!’ Everyone’s face became guilt-ridden when they saw the lost look on Corinne’s face.

Jeremy had secretly snuck out with the first baby and seemingly vanished into thin air while everyone’s attention was on Corinne. When it was all over, nobody could get him on the phone again.

They were afraid the news would send Corinne into unnecessary shock, so they had come to the consensus to hide the news from her. It was best to find out where and why Jeremy had taken the first baby before telling her the whole story.

‘Could it be that I wanted to see him so much that it gave way to me hallucinating about him?’ thought Corinne, trying to get to the bottom of it.

‘Jeremy should’ve landed by now, so why didn’t he come to see me?’ “Corinne, you should rest up. I’ve arranged for my bodyguards to keep watch of the babies, so don’t worry,” said Lucas in a bid to distract her.

“Where’s my phone?” asked Corinne. She wanted to call Jeremy to tell him she had given birth to his babies and ask him why he was not there with her. In fact, she would even throw in a few angry words for good measure.

Lucas frowned and stroked her pale cheeks. “Now, now. It’s not good to look at your phone when you’re still so weak from giving birth. You need to give your eyes some time to rest, or they’ll go bad

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1416-Corinne still wanted to say something when Lucas shushed her with a finger on her lips. “Listen to me. All you need to do now is rest. Otherwise, how will you have the energy to look after your babies later?” he asked.

Corinne had no comeback for that.

Not giving her a chance to come up with anything, Lucas ordered, “Xante, you stay here with her and make sure she takes a rest. Aaron, Miss Annie, please follow me out. It’s best not to have too much crowding in her room.” Everyone agreed with his arrangement, so they all left except for Xante.

The hospital room finally became quiet. Xante bent down and straightened out Corinne’s blanket. “Boss, you should take a nap while you can. You’ll get to see

the babies after you wake up.” Corinne’s eyelids started to drop. She felt like she had not slept for the longest time, and she was dog-tired. “Wake me up if Jeremy comes.” A complicated look flashed across Xante’s eyes. She squeezed out a smile and said, “Sure thing, boss.” Reassured, Corinne closed her eyes and gave in to sleep.

… Outside the hospital room, Lucas said to Aaron and Annie seriously, “I have to stay in the hospital with Corinn, but I’ve asked my man to find Jeremy’s whereabouts. Aaron, you should do the same. That way, we can find him faster.

We must find out where that b*stard has taken the baby before Corinne realizes he and the baby are gone!” Aaron thought the same too, so he nodded solemnly and said, “Alright. I’ll look for him too with my men.” Annie pouted. “I’ll do what I can too. I’ll go to the Holdens now to see if Uncle Jeremy has been back.” “Okay! Call me immediately if there’s any news about him,” said Lucas.

“Okay.” “Okay.” After that, the three of them parted ways.

Lucas stayed in the hospital but did not go back to Corinne’s room; he did not want to disturb her rest. Instead, he went to the nursery to visit the twins. His heart instantly melted when he saw the two babies lying in their incubator.

However, his loving feeling did not last long as he gritted his teeth, thinking, ‘The first baby should be in the incubator with his siblings as well! Jeremy, that b*stard! What the hell is he thinking?’ Nobody expected that Jeremy would take the first baby out of the hospital without a word.

… Once they were out of the hospital, Aaron brought his men to look for Jeremy at all major traffic points, while Annie took a cab to the Holdens’ mansion.

When she arrived, the servant led her into the yard where Francine was accompanying Pamela to water the flowers.

Not wanting to worry Pamela, Annie greeted her casually before pulling Francine aside.

“What are you doing here? Is there something I can help you with?” asked Francine curiously.

“Shh. Francine, has Uncle Jeremy been back here?” whispered Annie.

Francine frowned. “Jeremy? No, he hasn’t. Why?” Annie’s face fell with disappointment. “Are you sure about that?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1417-Xante’s expression remained neutral when she saw Sunny. Pushing up her gold-rimmed glasses, she said, “She’s sleeping right now. Come back later.” Sunny was not stubborn enough to barge in. Instead, he asked gravely, “Has the baby been delivered? Is she okay?” At the thought of the complicated situation at hand, Xante sighed and answered, “She’s okay, I guess.” “Oh,” said Sunny. He then went to sit in the hospital corridor to wait for Corinne to wake up.

Xante was actually surprised by that. ‘Rare to see him cooperate like this. Is this the Sunny I know?’ she thought.

She stared at him with narrowed eyes for a while before closing the door.

Corinne was awake by the time Xante went back to check on her. Sunny’s knocking on the door must have woken her up.

She opened her eyes slowly, looked at Xante hopefully, and asked hoarsely, “Who was it?” Xante frowned. “It was Sunny. Not Mister Jeremy.” Corinne’s eyes dimmed. Even though she had fallen asleep before, it was not a deep one. “Xante, what time is it now?” Xante checked the time. “A little past six o’clock at night.” “Oh.” Xante was able to hear all the worry and disappointment in that one little word.

Corinne had been waiting for Jeremy all this while, yet he ran off with one of the babies.

‘Poor thing still doesn’t know what happened,’ thought Xante with a sigh.

Someone knocked on the door again. Xante went to open it, and two nurses brought in the twins. She was about to close the door when she remembered Sunny was outside. Her hand paused on the doorknob as she turned to look at him.

At that moment, Sunny had noticed the nurses with the babies, so he tiptoed to catch a clear glimpse of them before they went in.

Seeing this, Xante said, “The boss is awake. Why don’t you come in and see the babies too?” Sunny was a little taken aback, but he then bashfully came in.

The two nurses took turns to show Corinne her babies.

Corinne was so weak that she could not even raise her hand, so she did not dare hold the babies for fear of dropping them.

A rush of warmth flooded her heart when she saw the babies in the swaddle.

They looked so small like some kind of hairless animal. They had taken after their stoic dad in terms of their eyes and noses.

Corinne’s chest tightened again at the thought of Jeremy. She felt like she could not breathe.

Since the babies could not leave the incubator for long, the nurses picked them up again. “We’ll bring the babies to you again tomorrow. They have to go back to the incubator now.” Corinne looked longingly at the babies before allowing them to bring the babies back with a nod.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1418-Corinne had been waiting for Jeremy all this while, yet he ran off with one of the babies.

‘Poor thing still doesn’t know what happened,’ thought Xante with a sigh.

Someone knocked on the door again. Xante went to open it, and two nurses brought in the twins. She was about to close the door when she remembered Sunny was outside. Her hand paused on the doorknob as she turned to look at him.

At that moment, Sunny had noticed the nurses with the babies, so he tiptoed to catch a clear glimpse of them before they went in.

Seeing this, Xante said, “The boss is awake. Why don’t you come in and see the babies too?” Sunny was a little taken aback, but he then bashfully came in.

The two nurses took turns to show Corinne her babies.

Corinne was so weak that she could not even raise her hand, so she did not dare hold the babies for fear of dropping them.

A rush of warmth flooded her heart when she saw the babies in the swaddle.

They looked so small like some kind of hairless animal. They had taken after their stoic dad in terms of their eyes and noses.

Corinne’s chest tightened again at the thought of Jeremy. She felt like she could not breathe.

Since the babies could not leave the incubator for long, the nurses picked them up again. “We’ll bring the babies to you again tomorrow. They have to go back to the incubator now.” Corinne looked longingly at the babies before allowing them to bring the babies back with a nod.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1419-Sunny peeked out his head to have a better look at his niece and nephew when the two nurses took them out of the room. He was instantly smitten with them.

Corinne noticed Sunny after seeing the nurses off. “Why are you here alone?

Where’s Mister Lucas?” “I came rushing here from home as soon as I heard you’re giving birth, so I didn’t see him.” “Oh.” Corinne had no more energy to spare in asking anything else.

Sunny moved closer to Corinne and said with an awed face, “Corinne, you’re really impressive for giving birth to twins, do you know that?”

Corinne chuckled drily. “You’re too kind.” Not knowing the real situation, Sunny looked around the room before asking curiously, “Where’s Jeremy? Isn’t he here?” Corinne’s face instantly darkened when she heard the name. “Only the devil knows where he is now,” she said with a scoff.

Sunny frowned. “What the hell? How can he not be here for his own babies’ birth? He really has dropped the ball this time,” he grumbled heatedly.

Corinne’s face darkened even more.

Seeing this, Xante regretted letting him in. She cleared her throat and pulled him away. “That’s enough out of you. She needs more rest, so keep your mouth shut.” At her touch, Sunny quickly jumped away from her as though he had been electrocuted.

Xante was understandably stunned by his reaction since he always loved to touch her every chance he got.

Sunny became annoyed under Xante’s probing stare. “Ahem! Corinne, I’ll be leaving now. I hope you get better soon. And oh, let me know if there’s anything you’re craving for. I’ll go buy it for you.” “Okay, thanks,” said Corinne with a nod, “but there’s nothing I’m craving for at the moment.” Sunny nodded back at her and went out of the room.

Xante kept staring at the door long after he was gone.

Sunny sat back down on the hospital corridor chair once he was out of the room. He then dropped his head and became lost in thought until a pair of familiar-looking high heels appeared before his eyes.

Stunned, he looked up to see Xante looking down at him.

“What do you want?” he asked rudely.

Xante frowned and pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses that slid down her nose.

“What has gotten into you?” Sunny scoffed. “Nothing! I’m perfectly fine. I’m just sitting here guarding Corinne and the twins. Don’t tell me I can’t even do that.” Xante’s frown deepened. ‘He sure is acting weird today. Did something happen?’ “Do whatever you want,” she said at least.

Sunny glared at her. “Stay out of my sight. I don’t want to see you.” Xante was visibly stunned. ‘He doesn’t want to see me?’ She scoffed lightly and sat down next to him. “So, you’ve finally got some sense knocked into you, huh.” Sunny did not like how nonchalant Xante was. “Heh! No matter how much sense I have, I’ll never be able to jump from one partner to another like you did!” Even though what he said was demeaning, Xante did not get angry. Instead, she asked curiously, “What’s the matter with you today? It’s not like you didn’t know I wasn’t looking for a relationship when you first met me.” Sunny gritted his teeth. He wanted to tear his hair out of anger whenever he thought about the half-naked Shawn parading around in Xante’s office.

However, it finally dawned on him just how one-sided his relationship with Xante was. She never saw him as her boyfriend, so he did not even have the right to get jealous. Every time he lost his temper, she would only laugh at how immature he acted.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1420-“Don’t worry. I won’t ever bother you again,” said Sunny with a hardened expression. His fists were clenched tightly as though it took all of his willpower to make up his mind.

Xante’s expression remained the same when she heard that, but after a while, she smiled. “I’m glad to hear that.” Then, without saying anything else, she got up and went back inside Corinne’s room.

Sunny unclenched his fists and hung his head low like a deflated balloon. He completely lost his usual arrogance.

“What are you doing here?” asked Lucas sternly as he walked over to him.

Sunny looked up and answered listlessly, “I heard Corinne’s water broke when I got home, so I rushed over to see her.” Afraid that Sunny would only add to the chaos, Lucas frowned and said, “Go home if you’ve seen her. Get your stuff ready. Edmund will be taking you abroad next week.” Sunny nodded. He then looked at Corinne’s hospital room door with a complicated expression before getting up and walking away listlessly.

With Sunny gone, Lucas went into her room.

Corinne had drifted off to sleep again.

Xante took one look at Corinne, who was frowning in her sleep, to make sure she was sleeping before asking Lucas, “Any news about Jeremy?” Lucas shook his head glumly. “Not at the moment.” ‘Just where the hell did Mister Jeremy take the baby?’ thought Xante with a frown.

Lucas looked at Corinne with a pained expression. “Did she ask about him?” Xante sighed and nodded. “She did. But she must’ve sensed something was off ’cause she didn’t try to get to the bottom of it.” Lucas’ face became another shade darker. He really felt sorry for Corinne. He was willing to let go of the grudge with the Holdens for her sake and allow her to marry Jeremy, but what happened made him completely lose faith in Jeremy.

‘I’ll need to reconsider allowing Corinne to marry Jeremy after we’ve found him,’ he told himself. ‘She’ll never know a day of peace if she marries that unreliable b*stard.’ … Three days passed, and Corinne recovered enough to be able to get out of bed and walk around the room.

However, there was still no news from Jeremy. She called and texted him, but he did not pick up his phone nor did he reply to her messages.

Lucas would always brush her off by saying Jeremy was safe, and that he was occupied with something very important in Molomia, causing him to be delayed in coming back, whenever she asked about him.

She was not interested in knowing or understanding what could be so important in Molomia that he could not fly back to see her and the babies. The only thing she cared about was that he broke his promise again.

He promised her he would be back in three days. He even showed her his return flight ticket.

It was all a lie.

The only time she would come alive was when she was with the babies. As for the rest of the time, she would stare blankly outside the window, lost in thought.

Moreover, she became even more quiet than before.

That day, Lucas only stayed for a brief visit before going back to work.