Ch. 31..40

 

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 31-Even though it was described as a private VIP room, the interior was more like that of an entire floor due to how spacious it was.

The lights were dim, and there was a live band playing some music.

Everyone was dressed to the nines, and they were all having a good time, with groups of three to five clinking glasses with each other as they chatted and laughed.

Corinne glanced across the crowd in search of Annie’s figure.

All of a sudden, the pink-haired young woman came running toward her. “Hey there, Au-” Corinne stretched out a finger and pressed it on Annie’s lips and stopped her from uttering the word “aunt’.” Call me by name when you’re outside!” Annie curled her lips. “Oh, okay! Corinne…” Corinne frowned slightly and examined Annie’s body to see if there were any injuries. “What’s wrong? Why’d you call me to come up and save you?” Annie hugged Corinne’s arm anxiously, turned around, and pointed behind. “It’s them! They bullied me!” Corinne glanced over and saw three well-dressed young men surrounding her.

She took one look at them and knew that they were all pampered playboys.

The man standing on the left said, “Come on now, beautiful! You can’t blame us like that! You promised you’d have some fun with us. How could you say that we bullied you?” The man standing on the right sized up Corinne. “Hi there! I didn’t think another beauty like you would show up here. You look like a good girl, but then again, that’s just my type!” Corinne remained calm and turned to Annie. “How did you get involved with them?” Annie felt guilty and whispered, “I came in to look for Uncle, but I didn’t see him anywhere, so I asked the three of them if they knew where to find him! They insisted on making me play dice with them though, and they promised to bring me to find him if I’d win! But then… I didn’t win! They gave me a choice between drinking ten bottles of beer or giving one of them a French kiss. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to kiss them! As for the drinks… I was worried that they spiked it or something like that, so I didn’t want to drink it either. But they wouldn’t let me go if I didn’t drink…” Corinne got a rough idea of what happened and glanced at the men once again.

“Does it make you feel proud to bully a young woman like this?” “I thought all women advocate for gender equality? Well, gender equality means that everyone should be willing to accept their losses in a gamble, regardless of their gender. If you can’t afford to lose in a game, don’t even bother playing in the first place!” you sure?” A sour expression unfolded across Corinne’s pretty face. “You’re playing dice, right? I’ll play with you!” The third young man looked at Corinne’s goody-two-shoes character and smiled wickedly. “Are Corinne said determinedly. “If I win, you’ll write off all her losses earlier.” The man cocked his eyebrow. “And what if I win?” Corinne looked at him fearlessly. “What do you want?” The man took two steps closer, bent down, and whispered into her ear. “Are you still a virgin?” Corinne’s face froze, and there were traces of shame and anger in her expression.

“Judging from your cute reaction, you most definitely still have your innocence!” The man had an evil smile as he whipped out a hotel room card from his breast pocket and handed it to Corinne. “I want your first night.

” Annie blushed with rage when she saw the room card. “You people are being jerks in broad daylight!” Corinne took the room card. “Fine. Let’s start the game then!” Annie was taken aback, and stopped uneasily, “Corinne, no! I choose to drink, so don’t play with them!” Inside the Snow Room’s innermost billiard room, the Riveras’ youngest son, Sunny, crossed his legs and remarked languidly, “I’ve got something to tell you guys. I came across this hacker who goes by the name of ‘ Jade Rabbit’ on the internet a few days ago, and she easily deciphered our AJ League’s encryption system! I bet she’s one of the two top hackers in the entire world!” Zeke made a hole-in-one and said, “Your dad expects you to help your brother manage the company, Sunny. Why don’t you do that for once instead of dealing with all this useless stuff?” Sunny shrugged. “I can’t be bothered to do that, and why should I if my brother’s in the company?” At that moment, someone came in and exclaimed, “Guys! Something exciting is happening outside right now. There’s this girl who’s betting her first night in a game of dice with three men!” Zeke put his cue down. “Well, well. That sounds interesting! Let’s go and have a look!” Jeremy leaned lazily on the sofa with an uninterested look. The curly-haired woman beside him gazed affectionately at him and clinked glasses.

“Mister Jeremy, I think I saw your niece Annie with the girl playing dice!” said the person who came in earlier.

Jeremy’s brows furrowed that instant.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 32-Annie did not seem too keen on Corinne’s decision. “But…” Corinne stared at her and immediately understood what was going on. “There’s some important stuff in your phone, isn’t there?” Annie nodded embarrassedly.

Corinne massaged the top of her nose bridge and turned to look at the man.

“What other game do you want to play?” The man looked at Corinne’s confident expression. “Winning or losing doesn’t matter this time. We’ll spin this wheel of fortune. I’ll return her phone in exchange for you playing this game once!” Corinne looked down at the device on the table and felt that it was a particularly pointless game.

“Fine. I’ll play with you.” The man smirked. “The rule is that you have to press the button with your eyes closed. Whatever option you land on will be my ‘punishment’, and whatever option I land on will be your ‘punishment”!” Corinne frowned and objected to it a little. “Why is it that we’re choosing punishment for each other instead of for ourselves?” The man shook his head. “Because otherwise, it’ll be boring!” Corinne agreed eventually. “Fine.” He invited Corinne to go first.

The wheel spun rapidly, and Corinne closed her eyes before reaching out to press the button. The wheel stopped, and the punishment she had landed on was ‘kneel and slap yourself 20 times’!

Annie looked at the wheel and laughed loudly. “You asked for it. Don’t go back on your word!” “I’m happy to accept my fate.” The man shrugged. Though he was a little embarrassed, he knelt boldly and slapped himself 20 times in one go.

After that, it was his turn to choose a random punishment for Corinne.

The wheel started to spin, and the man stared at it for a moment before closing his eyes and stretching out his hand to press the button.

Annie rushed over to see what punishment he had landed on and frowned instantly. It was [French kiss someone you know from the opposite gender for one minute]!

Corinne looked at the punishment item and frowned angrily. The man smiled and said, “I’ve already slapped myself, so you need to own up too!” Annie could not take it anymore. “Do you know who she is? You’ve got some nerve, asking her to kiss you! I’ll have you know that she’s the wif-” Corinne interrupted Annie, “No problem, I’ll do it.” Annie hurriedly stopped her. “Corinne, he did it on purpose! You can’t let him take advantage of you! I’d rather leave my phone with him than see you do this!” It was such a shame Corinne admitted to this game.

“Come on, pretty lady! I’m waiting for you!” The man opened his arms, puckered his lips, and waited for the woman to kiss him.

Rather than walk toward him, she said, “The punishment is to kiss someone I know that is of the opposite gender. I don’t know you.” The man did not give up. “Don’t try to make excuses! Is there any other man here whom you know, aside from me?” Corinne turned around and tried to search for someone of the opposite gender whom she knew.

All of a sudden, Annie received a burst of hope when she finally spotted someone in the corner. She leaned over and pointed the person out to Corinne.

“Look, Corinne! It’s Uncle Jeremy! He’s there! You can just kiss him!” All would be well if Corinne were to kiss him. After all, it was normal for a married couple to be intimate, and Annie did not want Corinne to have to take advantage of her simply to get her cell phone back!

Corinne saw Jeremy too, and with him was an elegant, s*y, and curly-haired woman in a dress that revealed her cleavage.

‘So he likes that kind of woman, then. I’ll only be a nuisance if I kiss him when he’s with some other woman.’ In addition, she had kissed him before just to get rid of the man her stepmother tried to set her up with, which resulted in him being forced into a marriage and having to commit to it for three months.

Kissing him again would lead to even more disastrous consequences!

She glanced away from Jeremy and spotted the s*y man downstairs who hit her up minutes ago. He stood in a quiet place, looked at her with a kind smile, and his expression was clearly telling her, ‘Sure thing. You’re more than welcome to come and kiss me.’

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 33-Corinne had to pass by Jeremy to reach that sexy man, and though she did not look at Jeremy, she could still feel the mixed emotions coming from his gaze.

She walked over without paying attention to him, but someone stuck out their foot from nowhere and tripped her!

In that split second, Corinne lost her center of gravity and fell on Jeremy’s muscular chest.

The rowdy onlookers fell silent for an instant, and the atmosphere turned deathly quiet.

Zeke wanted to stir things up a little, so he blew a whistle that eradicated the still atmosphere. Everyone started to whisper to each other.

“Bold of her to choose Mister Jeremy!” “Isn’t she aware of who he is? How dare she touch him!” “She seems to have done it on purpose!” “Isn’t it obvious? Which woman in New Capital City wouldn’t want to get close to Mister Jeremy?” “I bet Mister Jeremy will shove her away. He’s not the kind who’ll let any random woman cop a feel of him.” When Corinne looked up, her black eyelashes fluttered, and she had a helpless look of embarrassment in her eyes. “Mister…” Jeremy raised his eyebrows. “What were you thinking of doing?” Corinne sighed and explained, “Don’t get me wrong, mister! I wasn’t going to choose you!” Jeremy narrowed his eyes coldly. “Weren’t you, now?” Corinne nodded. “I wasn’t! The person I chose is standing over there! I’m so sorry I tripped and fell on you by accident. I’ll get up right away.” She was about to get up when she heard the man running over and scolding her, “Do you have a death wish or something? How dare you touch Mister Jeremy? Get up right now so you don’t piss him off!” Corinne wanted to get up, of course, but Jeremy’s big hand suddenly pressed down on the back of her waist and stopped her from straightening herself.

The mature and solemn Jeremy glanced up coldly, and he stared calmly at the playboy. “And what if I don’t want her to get up?” “Ah, Mister Jeremy…” The man was stunned, and he felt a chill down his spine.

Jeremy scared him to the point where he did not dare to speak.

Corinne made a small gesture to Jeremy and pointed to the sexy man from downstairs. “I didn’t mean to touch you. I was going to choose that person over there. Let me go… Jeremy glanced askance at the man mentioned by her, and his pupils seemed to have gone slightly dark.

Corinne tried to get up once again, but she barely attempted to straighten her body when she received a strong pat on the back and fell face down again.

Their lips came in contact, and her front teeth struck against his too.

Jeremy had begun kissing her before she even had time to think!

Corinne’s eyes widened, and her mind was a mess. Although it was unexpected, she might as well make the most of it and ignore that sexy man since Jeremy was kissing her. Corinne accepted her fate and started a 60- second countdown in her heart. Her heartbeat seemed to be several times faster than the seconds she counted, and her entire body was burning hot.

A minute finally passed, and Corinne was a little out of breath. She buried her head tenderly in Jeremy’s neck and took several deep breaths. She planned to wait until her blush faded since she was embarrassed to face him… That was her first kiss in the true sense of the word, and although it was devoid of any emotion, it nonetheless made her feel a little embarrassed to have it happen in front of everyone!

Jeremy could feel the shyness and embarrassment of the girl in his arms, and he stroked the back of Corinne’s head with his coarse hands as if comforting his frightened little pet.

Then, the man raised his eyebrows and looked at the dumbstruck man who played the game with Corinne earlier. “Isn’t that enough? Are you considering playing some other game? Perhaps you want me to play with you?” The man came back to his senses and waved his hands in fear. “No, not at all!

I’ll leave you to it, then. I won’t bother you again!” he said, then turned around and ran away.

“Stop!” Annie walked over and put her hands on her hips.

The man stood in place and asked cautiously, without any trace of his smugness from before, “What else do you need from me?” Annie stretched out her hand. “Give me my phone back!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 34-The man forgot all about it until Annie brought that up again, and he immediately called his companion to come over and return the phone to him.

After taking back her phone, Annie glared at them unhappily. “Told you that Jeremy is my uncle. Do you believe me now?” “Yes, yes we do! Sorry for being so ignorant! It was our mistake!” “We swear, we didn’t know she was your niece, Mister Jeremy!” “I’m sorry! I’m really sorry!” No one would have thought that the pink-haired woman who snuck in was Jeremy’s niece. They suspected her to be some random girl who was trying to get close to him.

They were lucky not to have anything disastrous happen to them after their antics!

The three playboys gathered in front of Annie and bowed deeply to her and Corinne in apology. “We’re sorry! Can we please implore your good grace not to hold a grudge against us?” Annie glanced at them, pointed at the door of the Snow Room, and said, “Scram. Don’t ever let me see your face again.” The three men scuttled away as if they had just been pardoned from some severe crime.

Corinne calmed down by then and she kept her composure while getting off of Jeremy. “You guys have fun. I’ll excuse myself now.” Annie ran up to her. “Corinne! Wait for me, I’m coming with you!” Corinne and Annie walked out of the Snow Room together, and Sherlyn-who had been hiding near the bathroom door—rushed out all of a sudden and stood in the way. “Hold it right there, Corinne! I have a question for you.” Corinne was in a particularly bad mood and frowned in annoyance. “Out with it?” Sherlyn questioned her. “Tell me why you’re able to enter the Snow Room!” Corinne cocked her eyebrow. “Is it that difficult?” Her nonchalant attitude riled Sherlyn up even more. ‘Of course, it is! Even a superstar like me isn’t allowed.

to enter!’ “Are you going to tell me or not?” “There’s nothing to tell.” Corinne walked past her and left with Annie.

Annie turned around, glanced at Sherlyn, and asked Corinne, “Who’s she?” Corinne answered curtly, “A relative.” Sherlyn gritted her teeth angrily, took out her cell phone, and snapped a photo of Corinne walking with the pink-haired Annie. “Fine. If I can’t get it out of you, Dad can! Just wait!” Corinne and Annie walked out of Twilight when a black Mercedes-Benz parked in front of them. The dark window slowly lowered, revealing Jeremy’s cold side profile. “Get in the car.” Corinne frowned and got into the car obediently, without making a big fuss about it.

Annie wanted to get into the car too, but Tommy stopped her and said, “Miss Annie, please come with me. Mister Jeremy ordered me to send you home so you can reflect on your actions while you’re grounded.” She frowned and had a displeased expression on her face. “Grounded? Reflect on my actions? Uncle? Uncle?! Hey!” The black Mercedes-Benz sped off.

It was all quiet inside the car, and Jeremy leaned back lazily while resting his forehead on one hand. His dark were brimming with a sternness that was typical of a helicopter parent. “You could’ve solved the problem easily by calling me. Why did you have to act tough?” eyes Corinne said with a sullen face, “I don’t have your phone number.” The man stretched out his big palm. “Give me your phone.” Corinne took it out and gave it to him without hesitation.

After Jeremy saved his number into her phone, he handed it back to her and said, “Corinne, I want you to remember that I can give you anything you ask for except my feelings, so don’t hesitate to call me the next time you encounter a problem.” Corinne’s mind went blank for a moment. She turned around to look at him and sneered slightly, “Anything except your feelings, you say? Does that include the kiss from earlier too?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 35-Jeremy said without the slightest change in expression, “It wasn’t necessary at first, but I can’t let any man get close to my wife during the duration of our marriage. Walking past me to kiss another man is something that must never happen again.” Corinne rolled her eyes, turned her head to look at the street view outside the car window, and snorted sarcastically. “That’s rich coming from someone who didn’t even lead by example. Didn’t you go on a date with another woman in public?” Jeremy narrowed his eyes at her. “Are you jealous?” Corinne was baffled by that remark, and her lips began to twitch. “Me? Jealous?

We’re not even a real couple. I’m only angry because you kissed me so forcefully without warning and even made me suffocate!” Jeremy cocked his eyebrow slightly. “If I remember correctly, you didn’t give me a warning either when you kissed me the other day.” Corinne was at a loss for words and her brows had furrowed into a deep frown.

“Ahem! How is that the same? Mine was a peck! I didn’t put my…” Jeremy’s lips curled slightly. “Put your what?” His teasing tone made Corinne blush, and she could only keep her dissatisfaction to herself. “Nothing!” In all honesty, she would rather kiss that sexy man whom she did not know well and had only met once at the bar. She could kiss him without getting any feelings involved, and it was not like they would meet again in the future.

Jeremy, on the other hand, had such a great influence in the city that it was almost certain that everyone would soon find out about the kiss. In the end, it would stir up another round of gossip and misunderstandings! She wanted to spend those three months in as low-profile a manner as possible. It was better for fewer people to know about her relationship with him. Once the three months were up, she would sever her ties with the Holdens and no longer have anything to do with them afterward.

She was feeling a little annoyed with how things were developing when her phone rang all of a sudden. She glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was a call from her father, Marvin.

He probably only called her at that time because Sherlyn was making a fuss about something again.

Corinne answered the phone, and her father’s tone was as irritable as she expected. His voice was blaring loud even though she did not put him on speaker.

“What scandalous things have you done in public, Corinne? You owe us an explanation when you get home!” Corinne rubbed her temples. “I’m a little tired today, Dad. I’m only going back tomorrow.” Marvin yelled angrily, “No! What were you up to that made you so tired? I want you back at home right this instant!” Corinne did not want to waste her breath, so she decided to hang up and switch off the phone.

Marvin’s roar could be heard clearly within the quiet car.

Meanwhile, Jeremy acted as if it was no big deal as he did a quick perusal of the financial statement on his phone. He asked casually, “Would you like me to accompany you back home?” Corinne shook her head. “I won’t trouble you over my insignificant family issue.” The car dropped Corinne off at the door to the Holden family home before driving away again. Jeremy did not go back home with her, which was a good thing given that Pamela was at home.

His absence would save both of them the trouble of having to act all lovey-dovey in front of the old lady since a small misstep might inadvertently expose their sham of a marriage.

Corinne went upstairs and returned to her room. She was in a bad mood, so she switched on her computer and logged in to her game.

A private message from one of her in-game friends popped up.

[Road to Success: (worship emoji) Master! You’re finally online!] The friend with the username ‘Road to Success’ was the same guy who hacked the entire system of Alpha Enterprises after being cheated of some game equipment by Zoey some time ago.

Ever since she hacked into the AJ League to negotiate with him, he had been pestering her to teach him and insisted on calling her his master even when she had not even agreed to it yet, much to her chagrin.

Corinne tapped the keyboard and replied, [What do you want?]

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 36-[Road to Success: (disappointed emoji) Nothing. I’m in a bad mood today, so I wanted to talk to my master.] Corinne replied, [What happened?] [Road to Success: (angry emoji) I saw my friend’s love rival in Snow Room today, so I wanted to help. her vent her anger. I tried to make that woman trip so she’d fall face-first into the ground in front of everyone, but that damn woman deliberately fell on the man that my friend liked and even took advantage of the moment to kiss him on the lips. I’m furious!] Corinne stared lost in thought at the computer screen. The world was such a small place, and he turned out to be the one who tripped her!

Zeke and the curly-haired woman were not the only ones with Jeremy at that time. She faintly remembered another handsome young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes who was about 17 or 18 years old. That must have been ‘Road to Success’!

[Do you think there’s a possibility she fell that way because of the angle you tripped her? It’s not like she can control where she falls.] [Road to Success: Hmph! I think she’s a scheming b*tch! And a shameless one, too! I’m positive that she threw herself on him!] Corinne could only sigh. She did not reply to that message and joined the server to relieve her boredom with some games. After winning several games in a row, Corinne clicked on a private message that she received.

[Road to Success: (pitiful emoji) Master, are you from New Capital City? Can I treat you to a meal?] Corinne replied, [Forget that idea. I don’t think you’ll be happy to see me.] [Road to Success: (puzzled emoji) Why wouldn’t I be? You’re my idol! I’d be happy to see my idol!] Corinne rested her chin on her palm and felt like laughing. ‘Because I’m the same person as the woman you’re calling a b*tch!’ she mused.

All of a sudden, someone knocked on the door. Corinne exited the game and went to the door to open 1.

It turned out to be Pamela. “Try some of the soup I made for you!” Behind the old lady was a maid, who was holding a delicious-smelling bowl of soup. The old lady had been cooking all sorts of food and in a variety of cooking styles too. Corinne’s digestive system was practically working overtime as a result.

Luckily for her, the food tasted very good, so she did not refuse either.

“Thanks, Grandma.” Corinne opened the door wide so that the old lady could come in.

Pamela smiled warmly and tenderly as she watched her daughter-in-law drink the soup that she made. “Did you come back alone? Where’s Annie?” Corinne replied truthfully, “Jeremy told his special assistant Tommy to send Annie home.” Her answer elicited a frown from Pamela. “You met Jeremy?” Corinne nodded as she drank the soup.

She was not too happy to hear that. “Why didn’t he come back with you?” “He sent me home, but he’s probably going to come home late because he’s too busy with work and has a lot of things to deal with.” The old lady snorted resentfully, “That brat. Why doesn’t he come home when he already has such a beautiful wife waiting for him here?! All he knows is work!

Isn’t his job going to give him children?” Corinne’s lips twitched, and she did not know how to respond to that remark.

In reality, Pamela was a rather adorable old woman and was not as solemn or unapproachable compared to when they first met. Her only flaw was that she was a little too anxious for a grandson!

Corinne returned to her home the next afternoon.

As soon as Marvin saw her, he became so angry that he smashed the water glass in his hand and yelled angrily, “Kneel right now, you shameless woman!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 37-Corinne stepped over the broken glass shards on the ground and walked up to Marvin. “What’s wrong, Dad? Why are you so angry?” Sherlyn folded her arms as she stood at one side and viciously added fuel to fire. “You have the nerve to ask that? You should be well aware of what you’ve done.” Corinne glanced insipidly at Sherlyn. “I’ve done a lot of good deeds. Which one are you referring to?” Marvin had a sour expression as he asked angrily, “You said you moved out because you got a job. What kind of job are you doing?” Corinne was at a loss for words because she did not know what was the best way to describe the work she was doing. She wondered what would be the best occupation to describe ‘pretending to be the wife of a domineering man to help him appease his elders’, and whether ‘actress’ or ‘temporary wife’ would be a better job description.

When Marvin saw that Corinne was having difficulty answering him, he became even angrier and said, “Are you going to continue hiding it from me? How can you, a student from a famous university, decide to work as a bar hostess?

Where’s your shame, Corinne? Are you trying to embarrass me just because you want to anger me?” ‘Hostess?’ Corinne raised her eyebrows.

Marvin placed a photo on the table that depicted her and Annie walking side by side when they were coming out of the Snow Room the previous day. Annie dyed her hair pink out of despair after getting her heart broken, and she dressed in a very revealing manner. The tremendous amount of alcohol that she drank led her to walk a little shakily, and anyone who saw her would easily mistake her for being a bar hostess, hence the reason those three men yesterday teased her publicly. It was also inevitable that those who saw them walking side-by-side would feel that they were birds of the same feather.

Corinne looked at the photo, glanced at Sherlyn, and said, “Sherlyn showed you this photo, didn’t she?” Sherlyn did not feel any shame and jerked her chin up as if to say, ‘So what if it was me?’ Then, her stepmother Lilliana came over and sang the same tune. “Don’t blame your sister, Corinne. She’s only doing this in the hopes that you’ll come back to the right path! Being a hostess might be easy money, but it’s a depraving job!

Sigh! How could you, Corinne… Lilliana’s heartbroken expression prompted Corinne to smile and say, “She wants me to go back to the right path? I think she should be telling herself that.” Sherlyn stared at her in displeasure. “What do you mean by that, Corinne? I’m no bar hostess, so I’m already on the right path!” Corinne ignored her and explained to Marvin, “The pink-haired girl in the photo is a relative of my landlord’s family. She went to the bar to have some drinks because she was heartbroken, and I went there to fetch her for my landlord’s sake.” Marvin was taken aback for a moment and was a little skeptical. “Are you telling the truth?” Corinne nodded firmly. “I am.” Sherlyn did not believe it one bit and stepped forward to try and expose her.

“Are you still going to lie to Dad? The Snow Room at Twilight is only for senior members, and ordinary people aren’t allowed to enter at all! How is it that you were able to strut in there if you didn’t work as a wine hostess? Can you explain that?” Corinne looked at her and smiled calmly. “I can go in there because my landlord is one of their senior members.” Sherlyn frowned and remembered having seen Corinne enter the huge home when she followed her the other day.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 38-Marvin was a little more inclined toward believing Corinne and thus asked her again, “Do you swear you’re telling the truth? You’re not lying to me, are you?” Corinne kept her calm and assured him, “Don’t worry, Dad. I’ll never do that sort of scandalous thing.

Marvin breathed a sigh of relief. “You don’t know how relieved I am! Don’t you ever end up doing bad stuff, okay? I’d be such a disappointment to your late mother if you did!” Sherlyn was furious to see Marvin’s sudden change of attitude toward Corinne, and she tried to complain again, “Dad, even if Corinne isn’t a bar hostess, her actual job isn’t much better either! I didn’t want to tell you this because I’m worried that you’d get angry if you find out, but since it’s clear that Corinne shows no intention of learning from her mistakes, I think it’s only right for me to say something as her sister! Here goes… The truth is, Corinne’s working as a maid for a rich family! The landlord she mentioned is actually her employer!” “What?” Marvin frowned again and looked at Corinne unhappily. “Is that true?

Are you now working as a maid?” “Hmm, I guess…you could say that?” Corinne felt that her predicament was somewhat similar to that of a maid, notably in that she was ‘enslaved’ by Jeremy and forced into cooperating with his requests at all times as his pretend-wife.

Marvin fumed at Corinne’s stubbornness and said, “You stopped working at Alpha Enterprises just so you could change careers and be a maid? What on earth is going on in your mind?” Just as Corinne was about to speak, Sherlyn took the lead and said, “Corinne was fired by Alpha Enterprises! I don’t even want to know what she did to get herself fired!” Marvin once again looked at Corinne in disappointment. “When will you stop making me worry so much? You know what, I’m not going to care about you anymore. You’re free to work as a maid if you want, but you’d better not tell anyone that you’re my daughter. I can’t afford to lose my reputation because of you!” Corinne’s expression remained unchanged, and she responded in a matter-offact manner, “The thing is, the topic of my graduation thesis is “The Development of Industries Related to Domestic Service’. The ingredients necessary for a good thesis is to experience first-hand the work life of someone in the domestic services industry. Besides, I don’t think there’s any shame for someone to earn some money doing honest work.” Marvin was stunned, and he realized that his youngest daughter’s words made perfect sense. His displeased expression softened gradually, and he said, “So that’s how it is!” Corinne nodded and calmly added, “You needn’t worry about my graduation thesis, Dad. Though I must say that you should advise Sherlyn not to be so hard on herself!” Marvin frowned in surprise. “What did your sister do?” Corinne? Why are you asking Dad to advise me?” Corinne looked at Sherlyn and sighed. “The entertainment circle is a murky place, and it must’ve been difficult for you to struggle on your own. You should’ve told us earlier if you were bullied. Why would you deal with it all by yourself?” Sherlyn was confused. “What on earth are you talking about, Corinne?” Corinne took out her cell phone, clicked on a certain news article online, and handed her phone over to Marvin. “I can’t bring myself to tell you what happened to her. Here, see for yourself…” Marvin took the phone skeptically and looked at it. His eyes widened all of a sudden, and he exploded with rage in an instant. He looked up, glanced angrily at Sherlyn, and roared, “Shameless! Utterly shameless! How could you do such a thing?” Sherlyn was stunned for a moment and asked blankly, “Why are you scolding me, Dad?” Scolding was not the only thing Marvin wanted to do. He could have strangled her to death if he could! “You have the decency to ask me that? You ought to know about all those things you did!” “But I… I didn’t do anything!” Sherlyn panicked and did not understand what was going on. “What did you show him?” Corinne blinked and glanced silently at Sherlyn before saying, “Didn’t you know you’re on the trending searches again today? This time, you’re at the very top of that list.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 39-Sherlyn was dumbfounded. ‘What trending searches? How am I trending when I didn’t even receive any jobs recently? And I’m on top of that list?’ She never made it to the top of the trending list even when she had a wardrobe malfunction before!

‘What’s going on?!’ A bad feeling rose in Sherlyn’s heart, and she quickly took out her phone to check what happened. Sure enough, her name soared to the very top of the searches, and the accompanying caption was ‘Exposed: the man backing actress Sherlyn Carew!” Sherlyn’s hands trembled uncontrollably as she clicked on the headline. The entry showed a video of several big shots from the entertainment circle at a certain dinner party, and there was even a GIF of her sitting in a bald man’s lap!

‘How did these shady pictures go viral? Who did this? Who’s launching a smear campaign against me?” Being on the trending search meant that everyone around the world could see his daughter’s scandalous behavior. Marvin felt utterly humiliated by her and said, “You shameless little fool! Just look at your indecent behavior in the video!” Sherlyn’s face turned pale, and all she could do was shake her head guiltily to deny it. “It’s not what you think, I…” A disgusted look appeared on Marvin’s face as he scolded her. “What else do you have to say? You’re sitting right on that old man’s lap! Why am I a father to such a shameless daughter!” Sherlyn still wanted to argue. “But, Dad, I… We were just talking about work…” Marvin grabbed the pressed flower decoration from the cabinet in a rage, threw it in Sherlyn’s face, and lashed out, “Work? Do you need to sit on a man’s lap to talk about work?!” Sherlyn felt that she had hit a dead end and was frightened, speechless. “I…” “Take it easy, Dad. I’m sure she didn’t do it voluntarily.” Corinne poured a glass of warm water for Marvin and persuaded him like a good daughter. “She’s just trying to be popular enough to make a name for the Carews. Those old men touched her because she’s forced to let them do it!” Marvin became even angrier. “Bah! Make a name for us? More like disgrace us!

She did something so indecent and even got on the trending searches! I can’t even begin to describe how ashamed I am!” 1 Everything could be viewed in perspective when he compared his two children.

Marvin initially felt. that Corinne’s decision to work as a maid was already disgraceful enough, but he finally realized how genuinely embarrassing it was after finding out that Sherlyn had done something so scandalous! By contrast, at least Corinne was working an honest job!

Sherlyn did not dare to object to her father, but she showed no hesitation in making her displeasure known to Corinne. She pointed at Corinne and cursed angrily, “Don’t try to provoke Dad by pretending like you’re a saint in front of him!

I think this was all your doing! Nothing good. ever happens when you’re around!

You-” Marvin gave Sherlyn the tightest slap.

“What gave you the right to scold your sister? You’re the one drinking out there with those men, and you have the nerve to come back here and complain about your sister? She’s working an honest job, and she hasn’t done anything unbecoming! Look in the mirror, Sherlyn! You’re the stubborn one, and you don’t seem to want to learn from your mistakes at all! I’m going to teach. you a good lesson today, you shameless woman!” “Ah!” Sherlyn screamed, fell to the ground, and started to cry.

“How dare you cry!” Marvin was incensed, and he wanted to kick her again in a bout of anger. Lilliana saw her daughter being beaten up and ran over to stop Marvin. “Stop it, Marvin! Stop hitting Sherlyn! She must have a good reason to do what she did!” Marvin snickered in disgust. “And what good reason might that be? I think she’s just doing whatever she can to climb the social ladder! Is this how you raised your daughter, Sherlyn!? The two of you are an embarrassment to the Carews!

You both are going to stay at home obediently from now on. None of you are allowed to go out! That’ll save me some embarrassment at least!” He did not want to see either of their faces and huffed coldly before going upstairs.

Lilliana hurriedly helped Sherlyn up and asked heartbrokenly, “Are you okay, Sherlyn?” Sherlyn threw herself into Lilliana’s arms and wailed. “How did this happen, Mom? How did the video go viral?! I’m too ashamed to meet anyone anymore!”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 40-Lilliana comforted her daughter Sherlyn. “Don’t worry, Sherlyn. I’ll find a way to clear your name! Don’t cry…” Corinne stood relaxedly to one side with a mocking smirk, and she even chuckled a little at the sight of Lilliana and Sherlyn in shambles.

Sherlyn ceased crying the second she heard that little chuckle from Corinne. A frown appeared on her face, and she glared at Corinne while pointing resentfully at her. “It was you! You did this to me, Corinne!” Corinne cocked an eyebrow and spread her hands innocently. “How can a small-time maid like me be capable of doing that to you? It’s expensive to pay for a headline slot in the news, and I can’t afford to do that at all.” Indeed, money was not involved, only certain tech-savvy skills.

Sherlyn nonetheless stared unhappily at her. “Even if you didn’t pay for the news to be in the headlines, you came here to add fuel to the fire in front of Dad.

He wouldn’t have known about the news if you weren’t here!” Corinne frowned. “Weren’t you the one who asked Dad to demand that I come home?” Sherlyn was speechless.

Corinne then added, “Well, not that it matters. He’ll eventually see the news himself even if I hadn’t come back today. Word of advice: if you don’t want anyone to find out that you’re engaging in all those shameful acts, the best thing you can do is not do them in the first place.” Sherlyn was so angry that she was incapable of coherent speech and could only cry incessantly..

Lilliana could not bear to see her daughter cry like that and no longer maintain the kind expression. on her face. She said, “Enough with your sarcastic remarks, Corinne! Do you think you’re any better? You’re a b*stard child who only acts like a good girl in front of your Dad!” “You don’t know anything about me, but I know exactly what kind of despicable people you and Sherlyn are!” Corinne glanced insipidly at them and smiled.

“Do you know what’s happening to the two of you right now? Karma’s coming back to bite you for all the evil things you’ve done!” said Corinne, then immediately turned around and went upstairs to look for Marvin. There were several things she wished to speak about with her father in private.

Lilliana could only grit her teeth in ire as she looked at Corinne’s calm figure from behind. ‘How dare this b*tch make a fool out of us! I’ll make her pay for this in the future!’ Her attempts at chasing Corinne out of the Carew home had never been successful. Though the Carews were not a very wealthy family, their ancestors divided a lot of real estate between them, and collecting the rent from all that property was more than enough to sustain their family for their entire life.

Lilliana, however, could not stand to see an illegitimate child like Corinne getting a share of the spoils! She initially wanted to marry Corinne off as soon as possible so that Corinne would take 272 the husband’s surname and lose all rights to inherit the family property. Alas, all her plans to get Corinne to go on a blind date had been a failure, thus delaying the possibility of marrying Corinne off.

Lilliana felt that it was about time she figured out some other way to deal with Corinne as soon as possible, because keeping her around would bring even more misfortune to them!

Marvin was fuming by himself in the study when someone knocked suddenly on the door. He immediately scolded them, “Get out!” “Dad, it’s me,” came Corinne’s tender voice.

Marvin’s anger was slightly quelled. “Corinne? Come in.” Corinne gently pushed open the door of the study and walked in with a painting.