Ch. 1461..1470

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1461-“Fine. You can eat with your hands this time. But promise me there’ll be no more next time,” said Corinne with a sigh when she saw his hands were sticky with barbecue sauce.

‘Bryan’ quickly nodded and said, “I promise, Mommy! Thank you, Mommy!

Thank you, Aunt Francine!” Corinne thought there was something off about ‘Bryan’, but she could not point out what she found so odd about him.

He still looked the same as ever, but his behavior was very puzzling. Then again, kids could be unpredictable, so it still made some sort of sense.

‘Maybe I’m overthinking it. The white polo tee could be just a mistake on his kindergarten teacher’s part… Just like Francine said,’ she thought.

Corinne took a few bites of her food absent-mindedly when her phone suddenly vibrated.

She picked up her phone and saw it was a message from Lucas.

[Corinne, I’m outside the mansion. Please come out if you’re free. It’s urgent.] Corinne stuck by her decision to not go back to being a Rivera, though she maintained somewhat of a familial relationship with Lucas.

However, he rarely came to look for her at the Holdens’ mansion, so that meant his visit must be very important.

Corinne put down her utensils and got up. “Please excuse me. A friend has dropped by for a visit. I need to go out for a while.” Greg nodded and simply said, “Sure, go ahead.” “Why not ask your friend to join us for dinner since he’s already here?” said Pamela warmly.

Corinne waved her hand. “No, it’s okay. I don’t think he can stay for long. Please continue with the dinner, Grandma. No need to wait for me.” Pamela simply nodded and said nothing else after that.

Corinne walked out of the mansion gate and immediately saw a black minivan parked not far away.

She walked over and the driver quickly got down to open the car door for her.

“Miss Corinne, please get into the car,” he said.

“Mister Lucas, what brings you here?” asked Corinne as soon as she got into the car.

Lucas turned to look at her and then at the mansion gate. He sighed with disappointment when he saw it was quiet.

“I thought you’d at least bring out the kids to let me see them.” Corinne yawned lazily. “They’re having their dinner right now. They won’t want to continue eating if I interrupt them. Plus, I’m guessing you’ve brought them gifts and snacks again. They’re not going to want to eat their dinner if they knew.” Lucas smiled. He was always impressed by how smart she was. “Yeah, I just came back from a business trip. I bought the kids some gifts. You’ll need to ask the servants to carry them in ’cause it’s quite a lot.” Corinne frowned. “Don’t buy them so many gifts next time. They have everything they need.” “It’s not about whether they need it or not. I’m just doing my part as their uncle. I don’t get to see them much, so the only thing I can do is shower them with gifts.

That way, they won’t forget about their Uncle Lucas.” Corinne facepalmed herself and said helplessly, “Fine. Do whatever you want.

It’s not like I can stop you anyway. Why don’t we get to the matter of why you’ve come here to find me? You’ve never come here even if you want to see the kids since you prefer to meet them elsewhere, so I’m guessing you have something very important to tell me.” “Yes, it’s something very important,” said Lucas seriously, “I just came back from Molomia and there, I happen to have the good fortune of buying a painting of Nellie Nymphaea.” Corinne was a little stunned to hear that name. “Which one?” she quickly asked.

“It’s one we’ve never heard of. It’s called ‘Night’.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1462-Corinne had never heard about that painting before.

“How did you discover that painting?” she asked.

“I saw it at a friend’s house. Moreover, the paint on the canvas isn’t completely dry yet.” Corinne’s eyes became focused. “And you think it was painted by Nellie Nymphaea?” Lucas nodded sombrely. “Yes. Nellie Nymphaea’s style and brush strokes can be imitated, but there’s one habit that our mom has that no one else knows about.”

Corinne did not have much memory about her mother so she looked curiously at Lucas. “What habit?” “Mom always adheres to a very standard way of holding her brush when painting, but when it comes to signing her works, she’ll put her hand down, causing her to pick up some paint from the canvas. And this will show up as a ‘C’ shape next to her signature.

“Every time, she would try to fix her mistake and remind herself not to do it again, but she never does remember. So the same thing would happen again and again. The painting I bought this time has a little ‘C’ paint mark next to the signature. She must’ve thought it was okay to leave it there since it was a painting she did in a spur.” At that moment, Edmund—who was sitting in the front passenger seat on standby—passed Corinne a painting that was about the size of an A4 paper.

“Please have a look at this, Miss Corinne.” Corinne took the painting from him and saw the tell-tale ‘C’ mark next to Nellie Nymphaea’s signature, just as Lucas said!

Her hands started trembling. The ‘C’ mark had all the lines and folds of the side of a hand running through it. This meant she would be staring at her own mother’s handprint if she was still alive.

After so many years, she finally came face-to-face with proof that her mother was still alive!

Corinne raised her head and stared fixedly at Lucas with reddened eyes. “How did your friend get this painting? And how come the paint isn’t dry yet? Does your friend know Nellie Nymphaea?” Lucas frowned. “My friend said this painting was drawn by her art teacher when she came over to her house to teach her a lesson. Her art teacher had just left when I went to visit that friend of mine. That’s when I saw the painting.” “Then did you ask your friend to arrange a meeting with her art teacher for you?” asked Corinne hurriedly.

Lucas’ eyes darkened. “Of course I did. Regretfully, I didn’t get to meet her art teacher because she and another student went out on a field trip to do some landscape painting. She wasn’t sure she would be back, but she promised she’d inform me first thing when her art teacher is back.” Corinne grabbed Lucas’ hand, which was the first time she had ever done so out of her own accord. “You must bring me to go meet with your friend’s art teacher too when she’s back.” Lucas’ heart ached when he saw how teary Corinne’s eyes had become. He stroked her head gently and said, “Of course I will. If not, I wouldn’t have come rushing here to tell you the news as soon as I got down from the plane.” For the past three years, Corinne had been taking care of three kids by herself.

In fact, without Jeremy by her side, it would not be an overstatement to call her a widow.

There had been no news about Jeremy, so everyone was preparing for the worst. However, Lucas knew it would be useless to persuade Corinne to find another husband. As much as it pained him to see her so sad, he knew the only thing he could do was to protect her.

It was also why he rushed over to tell Corinne the good news about their mother as soon as he found out about it. That way, it would at least give her something to look forward to.

Corinne gradually calmed down as she went back to staring at the painting.

“By the way, Mister Lucas, I’m preparing to bid on the piece of land on Serenity Bay on behalf of Holden Group during an auction tomorrow. I’ve already looked into the owner of the land. He’s called Brian Addison. He also owns the land beside Serenity Bay which he didn’t put up for auction but Holden Group has intentions to buy it as well. Do you know who Brian Addison is? Do you have his contact?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1463-Lucas’ eyes darkened with caution when he heard the name ‘Brian Addison’.

Corinne was observant enough to catch the changes in his eyes. “What’s the matter? You don’t like Brian Addison?” Lucas shook his head. “Brian Addison was the name Adam used when he was still living in this city.” ‘What? They’re the same person?’ thought Corinne with shock. “Does that mean that piece of land belongs to Adam?” Lucas nodded. “What time is the auction tomorrow? I’ll go with you.” “It’s at ten in the morning.”

“I’ll come pick you up tomorrow then. Meeting’s finished. Now ask the servants to carry the kids’ gifts from the trunk inside.” “Sure. By the way, thanks,” replied Corinne absent-mindedly.

A few moments later, a group of servants came out of the mansion to bring the gifts for the kids inside.

Corinne watched Lucas’ car leave with a thoughtful expression. She then looked down at the painting in her hand.

‘There’s finally a lead on Mom. Maybe there’ll be a lead on Jeremy too…’ … The kids were overjoyed to get new toys.

“Mommy, are all these toys from Uncle Lucas?” asked Joey with bright eyes as he held the toys that were meant for him.

Even though Corinne did not admit Lucas was her brother, she did not mind her kids calling him ‘Uncle Lucas’.

“Yup. Uncle Lucas specially bought them for you all,” replied Corinne. She then handed one of the extra-large boxes to Bryan. “Here, this is yours, Bryan.” ‘Bryan’ was quietly watching from the side, and his expression immediately turned to one of happy surprise when Corinne gave him the box of toys.

“Are… Are they really for me?” Corinne nodded. “Of course they are. This isn’t the first time Uncle Lucas bought you toys. Why do you look so surprised?” Of course ‘Bryan’ was surprised. After all, he was actually Benjamin.

Inside the box was a set of ultra, high-end toy excavators. Even though he had a lot of toys at home, he had never seen such toy excavators as well-made as these.

He always liked excavators, but Sophia would not buy him toys like that. She said only those at the bottom of society would want to drive a vehicle like that.

Thus, she would not allow him to touch it nor could he play with dirt. Instead, she would buy him car models of high-end brands.

He found those very boring to play with.

Benjamin happily hugged the toy excavators to his chest. He was practically in heaven! He could not believe how lucky he was to live there.

Corinne passed Christine her share of the toys before calling Lucas on the phone so that the kids could thank him.

After that, she went to search online for more information about Brian Addison while the kids played with their new toys.

‘So Brian Addison is Adam. Adam Group has been selling off its assets one after another in this country lately. Maybe that’s why Sophia’s back… She’s here to help her dad handle the affair,’ thought Corinne.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1464-The next morning, Lucas picked up Corinne at the mansion. The two of them went to Agatha Auction House together.

Christine begged to go with Corinne. Not wanting to break her heart, Corinne decided to bring her along with ‘Bryan’ and Joey.

The two adults and three kids walked into the venue, and a manager quickly came out to welcome them.

“Welcome, Mister Lucas. Your private booth is ready. Allow me to bring you there now,” said the manager respectfully.

Lucas, who was carrying Christine in his arms, nodded and followed the manager. Corinne, who was holding the two boys in each hand, did the same.

Their private booth was located on the second floor, which allowed them to have a clear view of the fully-packed floor below.

Lucas glanced at the crowd below before going into their private booth. “This auction sure has attracted a lot of people. I’m guessing there’ll be some highlysought items up for auction later?” The manager smiled and nodded. “You’re right, Mister Lucas. Most of them are here for that piece of land on Serenity Bay.” Lucas entered the private booth and sat on one of the chairs with Christine on his lap before saying to the manager, “No coffee. Bring some beverages that the kids can drink.” The manager bowed. “Yes, Mister Lucas. I’ll ask my staff to prepare some snacks and beverages for the kids right away.” After that, he exited the private booth to instruct his staff to deliver some snacks and beverages to Lucas’ private booth.

Lucas looked down at the little girl in his lap and asked her gently, “What do you want to eat later, Christine? You can tell me. I’ll bring you and your brothers to the restaurant after your Mommy and I have finished our work.” His tone was so gentle that it was as if he was afraid she would break if he was any louder.

Christine blinked innocently at him and said, “Ask Mommy! I’ll eat whatever Mommy wants to eat!” Lucas tapped her nose. “You sure are a mommy’s girl, huh? She’s very lucky to have you.” “Of course. Mommy’s the best!” said Christine seriously.

Her words prompted Lucas to burst out with gleeful laughter.

Corinne picked up Joey and put him on the chair beside her before picking up ‘Bryan’—who was still acting a little weird—and placing him on her lap.

She observed the scene before her with narrowed eyes. “All these people must be eyeing the piece of land on Serenity Bay as well, which means we’re in for one hell of a fierce competition today.” Lucas turned to her and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you get what you came for today.” Corinne was frankly confident she would get the land, so she did not show any particular reaction.

However, the same could not be said for ‘Bryan’. His eyes had turned as big as saucers as though he had seen something shocking.

Lucas noticed this, so he turned to look at what the little boy saw. Through the opened door of the private room directly opposite them was a man being wheeled into the room in his wheelchair.

For some reason, he thought the man in the wheelchair looked familiar, but the door closed before he could get a closer look at him. After thinking about it, he decided not to tell Corinne.

Instead, he asked ‘Bryan’, “Hey, little guy. Did you see something that scared you?” ‘Bryan’ snapped out of his shock and said guiltily, “I… I need to pee-pee…” ‘Oh. He just wants to pee…’ thought Lucas.

“Shall we go to the restroom, then?” he asked patiently.

‘Bryan’ quickly shook his head. “I can go by myself! I know where the restroom is.” After that, he jumped down from Corinne’s lap and ran off to find the restroom.

However, he had not even taken a couple of steps before Corinne grabbed him.

“Have you forgotten what Mommy told you yesterday? That you shouldn’t run off by yourself?” she said sternly.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1465-‘Bryan’ turned and pouted. “I need to poo too, and I’m worried you’ll miss your auction, Mommy. Maybe Joey can come with me? I know where the restroom is!” Joey naturally was willing to accompany his little brother to the restroom. He happily jumped down from his chair and said, “Mommy, I’ll take Bryan to the restroom! I promise I’ll keep an eye on him. We’ll be back in no time.” As sensible as Joey was, Corinne was still reluctant to let two little boys go alone. Thus, she said to Edmund, who was standing by, “Edmund, it’s not convenient for me to go into the men’s restroom, so please look after them for me.” “Of course, Miss Corinne,” said Edmund with a respectful nod.Edmund took Joey and ‘Bryan’ to the restroom. Not long after that, the manager walked in with a few waitresses to serve them some imported snacks and milkbased beverages.“Who else is there on the second floor?” asked Lucas nonchalantly.The manager’s smile froze at the question. “Umm… Sorry, Mister Lucas. I can’t tell you since the auction house takes clients’ privacy very seriously. Please do understand…” Lucas decided to let it go. He gestured with his hand to tell the manager and waitresses to leave after putting down the snacks and beverages.The waitresses were staring at him so intently as though wanting to see right through the very core of his soul. This annoyed him to no end.The manager noticed this, so he quickly brought the waitresses out and closed the door quietly.… ‘Bryan’ entered the restroom with Joey behind him while Edmund stood guard at the door.‘What should I do?’ wondered Benjamin in dismay. He came out to look for his father. It really surprised him to see Jeremy going into the private booth opposite theirs.However, it was near impossible for him to go look for Jeremy with Joey and Edmund both keeping an eye on him.‘Daddy must be worried sick about me since I didn’t go home last night,’ he thought. ‘How can I slip out of the restroom without being noticed?’ Joey frowned when he saw ‘Bryan’ standing still in a daze. “Are you okay?Didn’t you say you need to pee?” ‘Bryan’ snapped out of his daze, and an idea immediately appeared inside his brain after he gazed at Joey.“Joey, can you please come into the cubicle with me? I’m a little scared to go in by myself…” Joey found this odd because ‘Bryan’ was never this timid, as far as he recalled.As a matter of fact, he thought his little brother had been acting weird ever since he was scolded by their mother for running off yesterday.However, as an older brother, he also thought he should do whatever he could to protect his little brother, so he said, “Sure! Don’t be scared, Bryan. I’ll go in with you.” After that, he held ‘Bryan’s’ hand and they entered the cubicle together.However, they had not been in there long when one of them screamed out loud.“Argh!” Edmund immediately rushed in when he heard the scream.“What happened?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1466-Edmund opened the cubicle door and saw Joey’s hands dripping wet and his face all scrunched up.

“Sorry. I… I didn’t mean to do it! Mister, I accidentally made Joey trip, and both of his hands went into the toilet bowl,” said ‘Bryan’ guiltily.

Edmund was speechless. ‘I guess it’s true you can never take your eyes off of kids since all kinds of things can happen…’ Edmund did not know whether to laugh or cry when he saw Joey looking at his own hands with disgust.

“It’s okay, Joey. We’ll just need to give your hands a good wash. Let’s go over to the sink now,” he comforted him.

Joey was kind of a clean freak as well. He was visibly made uncomfortable by the toilet bowl water on his hands, so he quickly nodded and followed Edmund over to the sink.

By the time Edmund turned around after he finished helping Joey wash his hands, ‘Bryan’ was already gone.

‘Sh*t, this isn’t good!’ he thought with a frown.

Meanwhile, in the other private booth, Sophia was carrying the real Bryan in her arms.

Bryan did not like being carried by her, so he kept trying to break free.

“Let me down!” he cried with a repulsed expression.

Sophia hugged him tighter. “Stop squirming, Benjamin. Both your Daddy and I are here on business, so be a good boy and settle down!” Even though Sophia’s tone was gentle, Bryan still could not help but feel intense dislike for her.

“No! I don’t want you to carry me. It’s hot!” Sophia frowned unhappily. “You’re speaking nonsense again. How is it hot when the AC is on?” Bryan was frowning as well. “It’s just hot! I don’t want to be carried. Let me go now!” Sophia was starting to get impatient. “Benjamin, can you please stop…” “Just let him sit by himself if he doesn’t want to be carried,” said Jeremy calmly.

Sophia’s face froze. Not wanting to argue with Jeremy, she had no choice but to let Bryan go. The only reason she wanted to carry ‘Benjamin’ was to show Jeremy what a good mother she was and not really because she wanted to be close to the little boy.

‘Benjamin’ dashed over to Jeremy and opened up his chubby little arms.

“Daddy, carry me!” Without hesitation, Jeremy picked him up and put him on his lap with one arm still wrapped around him.

Seeing this, Sophia’s face darkened. However, she quickly squeezed out a fake smile and said sarcastically, “Benjamin, didn’t you say you were hot? How come Mommy can’t carry you but Daddy can?” ‘Benjamin’ glared at her. “Hmph! You’re not my Mommy!” “Why you little brat…” Sophia immediately stopped smiling. “Zachary, aren’t you going to say anything? He wouldn’t call me Mommy before, and now he says I’m not his Mommy? Is this what I get for giving birth to him and raising him? Oh, how it breaks my heart to hear that!” Jeremy glanced at the hurt Sophia without so much as a changed expression.

“He would naturally call you Mommy if you respected him as a person.” Sophia looked even more hurt than before. “Are you saying I don’t respect him at all? It’s not like I can let him do whatever he wants, right? No! As his mother, I need to discipline him. He might act all good in front of you, but you have no idea how naughty he is when he’s with me. How can I not discipline him then?” Jeremy frowned with annoyance. “That’s enough! We’re here on business today, so let’s talk about this when we’re back. Plus, you’ll only scare Benjamin if you act all emotional now!” As much as Sophia was upset by Jeremy’s cold attitude toward her, she knew the auction house was not a place to have a public family argument. That could prevent the piece of land they were selling from fetching a high price.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1467-Thus, Sophia had no choice but to suppress her anger. ‘I’ll show them what’s what when we’re home!’ she thought.

However, it was still hard for her to process her emotions so quickly, so she got up and said, “Please look after Benjamin while I go to the restroom.” After that, she strode out of the private booth angrily.

She had never been treated so badly by any other people in the world. The only two people who had ever made her that angry were Jeremy and Benjamin.

It was very frustrating, to say the least.

After Sophia went out, Jeremy looked down at the little boy in his lap. “Why did you say something like that?” he asked curiously.

‘Benjamin’ did not feel like he had done anything wrong. He really did not like Sophia from the bottom of his heart.

“I just don’t like her touching me!” he answered honestly.

Jeremy frowned. “No matter what, she’s still your mother. You can’t talk like that to your mother. You must respect her.” ‘Benjamin’ understood that, but Sophia was not his mother. For some reason, he would instantly feel a wave of repulsion wash over him whenever he saw her, so it was very difficult for him to respect her at all.

However, he simply nodded along to what Jeremy said since he did not want him to find out he was not actually Benjamin.

“Yes, Daddy…” Jeremy looked at him and sighed. His stern expression never disappeared.

‘This kid has been acting weird ever since he came home last night…’ he thought.

… Sophia angrily strode toward the restroom after she came out of the private booth.

She had nowhere to vent her anger. ‘How can that kid still refuse to call me Mommy after all the time and effort I’ve spent on that kid? Not to mention, he’s been getting more and more disrespectful!’ She dared not complain to her father because she knew he would be livid and teach Jeremy a lesson if she told her father what happened. Instead, she would always tell her father that she was happy living with Jeremy and Benjamin.

After all, she did not want history to repeat itself. What if Adam beat Jeremy a hundred times with a stick again? Jeremy had already become wheelchairbound, so Sophia did not think he would be able to come out alive if he received another beating from Adam.

Thus, she had no choice but to endure her suffering alone. Also, she had faith that Jeremy would warm up to her if she kept showing him how much she loved him. As for Benjamin, well… She could throw him away after Jeremy fell in love with her.

It would only create more trouble for her if she kept that ungrateful kid by her side.

She was so engrossed with her thoughts that she did not see where she was going. Suddenly, she stumbled into someone, which caused her to fall to the floor.

“Argh!” she screamed out in pain. She twisted her ankle! “Are you blind or something? Why didn’t you look where you were going?!” she shouted at the person who knocked her over.

The other person had fallen to the ground too and immediately started crying out loud.

Sophia became even angrier when she heard the cries. How could the other person cry first when she was the victim?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1468-“Why are you crying?!” shouted Sophia. She looked up and was shocked to see the other person was Benjamin.

“Owie… It hurts!” cried Benjamin, holding his scraped knee.

‘When did he come out?’ thought Sophia with bewilderment. ‘No, that can’t be right. Even if he followed me out, he would’ve bumped into me from the other side.’ In other words, the kid who bumped into her was the real Benjamin. Of course, she had no way of knowing that.

Benjamin had run out of the restroom to escape notice from Joey and Edmund.

He was in so much of a rush that he did not look where he was going, and thus

he knocked into Sophia.

The little kid immediately stopped crying at the question. “I… I came out from the restroom and… And…” he tried to explain guiltily.

‘He came out from the restroom? But how could that be when I was the first one out of the room? I didn’t see him walking past me at all…’ thought Sophia, puzzled. She looked to the front, then to her back. ‘I guess he could’ve made one big round to get to the restroom, but… Could he really run that fast?’ Benjamin started crying from the pain again. “Sob…sob…sob… I want my Daddy…” It was eerily quiet on the second floor, so Benjamin’s cries sounded particularly loud. The patrons from the other private booth poked their heads out to see what was going on.

Embarrassed, Sophia had no choice but to pick Benjamin up and said, “Shh, be quiet. The auction is about to start soon. You’re going to bother other people if you don’t stop crying.” She was worried that a crying kid would affect the auction.

Even though Benjamin did not reject her carrying him, he did not particularly show that he liked it either. He simply let her carry him back to their private booth.

… Jeremy was sipping his coffee quietly and thinking about something when they went in.

He turned around when he heard the door opening. Frowning, he asked them, “I thought you just went out. Why are you back here so fast?” Sophia sighed and was just about to explain what happened to him when Benjamin broke free from her and ran crying to Jeremy. “Daddy… Waaa…” Jeremy looked down at his son, who was crying pitifully, with a frown. “What happened? Didn’t you say you were going out to say sorry to Sophia? Why are you crying now?” Benjamin did not know what his father was talking about. He had only just seen him, so when did he tell him he was going to say sorry to Sophia? Plus, what was he saying sorry for?

Moreover, why did not Jeremy seem at all worried that he did not go home for the whole night?

Sophia was a little taken aback by their conversation. “Zachary, are you saying that Benjamin went out just now so he could apologize to me?” Jeremy looked up at her and nodded slightly. “I spoke to him after you went out, and he said he’ll apologize to you after knowing what he did wrong.” ‘That makes sense!’ Initially, Sophia thought it was weird to bump into Benjamin, who came from the other direction, but after hearing what Jeremy said, she was sure Benjamin must have accidentally taken the wrong way and made one big round to bump into her.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1469-‘Benjamin must be running very quickly so he could catch up to me,’ thought Sophia. She was pleasantly surprised by Benjamin’s gesture. ‘I can’t believe he’s willing to apologize to me! Well, I guess there’s a first for everything.’ She decided to play the compassionate mother in front of Jeremy.

“Benjamin, I wasn’t angry at you. But please don’t speak like that to Mommy again. It breaks Mommy’s heart whenever you say things like that.” Benjamin had no idea what she was talking about. In fact, his dislike for Sophia increased after experiencing Corinne’s warmth.

He turned his head away to avoid looking at her and snuggled himself closer to Jeremy.

Sophia’s expression froze once more at being snubbed like that. However, she told herself that the kid was just feeling rotten from scraping his knees, so she decided not to pursue the matter.

… The auction had not really started. Corinne and Lucas were having might face during the auction.

Edmund suddenly rushed in with Joey. The usually calm Edmund was ashen in the face when Corinne, but I lost Mister Bryan due to my carelessness. We have no idea where he is right now!” ‘What?! Bryan ran off by himself again?’ Corinne quickly stood up and rushed out of the private booth to look for him.

At that moment, the auctioneer walked up to the stage to officially announce the start of the auction.

Lucas got up to follow her out, but Corinne had not completely lost her sense yet. She looked seriously at him and said, “Stay here to look after Joey and Christine, Mister Lucas. Also, make sure you get that piece of land at Serenity Bay for me! Remember, no price is too high! I can look for Bryan by myself.” Lucas frowned. As much as he was worried about Thus, he stopped walking and said, “Okay. Just be careful.” “Will do,” replied Corinne before she strode out of the private booth.

Lucas gestured with his chin for Edmund to follow her, which the other man did.

He then took out his phone to call the auction house’s manager, instructing him to ask all the security guards to keep an eye out for Bryan.

… Bryan was lying when he told Jeremy that he wanted to go out to apologize to Sophia. He actually wanted to go out because he heard Joey’s voice outside.

When Jeremy was lecturing him, he heard Joey calling out his name from right outside their door.

He wanted to see whether it was really Joey. Thus, he lied to Jeremy, telling him that he wanted to go out to apologize to Sophia.

Since Sophia had just gone out and could not have walked far, Jeremy agreed to let him go alone.

However, Bryan did not see Joey after he came out of the private booth. He decided to walk one round to see if he could bump into his big brother.

‘Did I hear wrongly?’ he wondered. For a moment, he thought himself lucky that his mother and Joey would be at the same auction as he was.

Disappointed, he started making his way back to the private booth. However, when he passed by the restroom, he suddenly had the urge to pee. Thus, he thought he would relieve himself before going back to Jeremy.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1470-After staying with Jeremy for a while, Benjamin felt like going back to Corinne again.

He wanted to stay with her for a few days before going back to Jeremy for good.

Thus, using his old trick, he looked up at his father and said, “Daddy, I need to go pee.” “Okay, I’ll go with you,” said Jeremy as he got ready to wheel himself out.

Benjamin shook his head. “No need. I’m a big boy now, so I can go alone.” Jeremy patted his head. “I know you’re a big boy now, but I’m not going with you because I’m worried about you but because I need to pee too.”

“Oh… Okay…” said Benjamin. He did not plan for this to happen.

Sophia quickly got up too when she saw the two of them were going out.

“Zachary, let me help you.” Jeremy put up his hand. “No need. I can do it by myself. Plus, it’s not appropriate for you to go into the men’s restroom. You also need to stay here for the auction.” It was indeed true what he said, so Sophia had no choice but to say, “Okay. Just be careful. Call me if you need help.” Jeremy nodded and wheeled himself out with Benjamin in tow. Once outside, he made sure he kept himself at the same speed as his son so he would not knock him over.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the second floor, a woman was frantically searching for something.

Jeremy looked over. From where he was, he could only see her silhouette and not her face. He turned his attention back to the restroom once he and Benjamin reached the door, and the two of them went in together.

Benjamin remained in a daze once he was inside. He, too, saw Corinne outside.

He was sure that she was looking for him.

‘What should I go? How can I get away without Daddy noticing so I can go back to that pretty lady?’ he wondered.

Jeremy noticed his son zoning out. “What are you thinking about? Don’t you want to pee?” Benjamin snapped out of his thoughts. “Oh… You wanted to go too, right, Daddy? Shall I wheel you in?” Jeremy waved him away. “No, it’s okay. You don’t have to worry about me. Do what you came here to do.” Benjamin was saddened that his plan fell through again. He was hoping he could sneak away after he wheeled Jeremy into the cubicle.

He had no choice but to go into a cubicle under the watchful gaze of Jeremy. He closed the door and relieved himself.

Jeremy’s expression relaxed after he saw his son go into the cubicle. He then took out his phone to check something.

Not long after, he heard the sound of a door opening.

‘Well, that’s fast,’ he thought. He looked up and realized the sound of the door opening did not come from the cubicle his son was in.

Naturally, he assumed it was somebody else. He was about to look away when he saw a boy who looked exactly like his son walking out of the other cubicle.

‘What the hell is going on? When did Benjamin change his cubicle? Did he do it when I was looking at my phone? Why didn’t I hear anything?’ he wondered.

Bryan was experiencing diarrhea, so he spent quite some time in the restroom.

After he was done, he opened the cubicle door and was greeted with the sight of Jeremy.

Stunned and thinking Jeremy had come to look for him, he was about to call him Daddy when he suddenly heard Corinne’s voice coming from outside the restroom.