Ch. 871..880

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 871-Corinne’s eyebrows shot up. “Mister, you know she didn’t become like that in a day or two, right? No, she got like this because you and your family have been spoiling her rotten since she was little. Due to the nature of your relationship, you can’t kick her out of the house, so we might as well slowly teach her how to be a decent human being and give her the space to figure things out for herself.” Jeremy was a little taken aback. ‘So she’s doing all this for me?’ Determined as he was to teach Francine a lesson, he could not bear to kick her out of the house. ‘Where can she go? It’ll be worse if she goes back to live with that wanton mother of hers!”

Jeremy and Francine might be step-siblings, but she was the only sister he had, so he actually cherished her very much. Previously, he was too busy with work to guide her to be a decent human being. Not to mention, he would try to shower her with whatever she wanted out of guilt of leaving her all alone in the house.

However, once she reached a certain age, all of her problematic personality became even more obvious. She was lazy in her studies, arrogant, and not many people in her school were willing to befriend her. All this had been a constant source of headache for him over the years.

Jeremy pinched Corinne’s cheek lightly. “What am I going to do with you?” Corinne pouted, “Get out of the kitchen. Don’t get in the way of me cooking!” After that, she shook him off and went back to cooking, but Jeremy hugged her from behind again. “Who are you cooking for?

Corinne frowned. “For you, of course! Have you forgotten that you haven’t had your dinner yet?” “But I’m not hungry, so why don’t I have a little taste of you first before eating what you’re making?” He then took away the bowl in her hand and placed it on the countertop before turning her around to hug and kiss her.

“Mmph! No… Mister…” Sometimes, Corinne had had it with Jeremy’s strong sexual desire, so much so that she could not help but question her choice. ‘I just want to cook some noodles for him… Why is he making it so hard for me to do that?’ After a while, Jeremy finally released her, but by then, both of her legs had gone weak. She quickly chased him out of the kitchen to prevent the same episode from happening.

“Go wait outside so you won’t disturb me, Mister! I can’t do anything with you around here.” Jeremy smiled. “And why not? Is it ’cause I make you nervous?” Corinne rolled her eyes at him. “You’re seriously asking why not? Who was it that distracted me with all that kissing? Now hurry up and get out of here, or you’ll have to go to sleep with an empty stomach.” “Fine, fine. I’ll get out of your hair. Just be careful and don’t burn yourself, okay?” “Okay.” Jeremy turned to leave after that. Corinne breathed a sigh of relief and went back to her cooking.

Her phone suddenly rang when the noodles were about to be done. She took out her phone and saw it was Aaron who was calling her.

“Hey Aaron, what’s up?” she said when she answered the call.

“Boss, I just received news that someone had gone to the town you used to live to dig up some information about you,” said Aaron seriously.

Corinne frowned. “Do you know who it is? And why do they want to look into my past?” “After some investigation of our own, we found out it was the Riveras who sent the person there.” Corinne narrowed her eyes. “What have they found out so far?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 872-Corinne came out of the kitchen and placed the bowl of noodles in front of Jeremy, who was sitting at the dining table and scrolling through his phone.

He immediately put down his phone when he saw the steaming bowl of noodles with a boiled egg in front of him. He turned to her and said, “That was fast.” Corinne untied her apron, pulled out the chair beside him, and sat. “It would’ve been faster if you didn’t get in my way just now. Eat up while it’s still hot.” Jeremy smiled faintly, picked up his fork, and took a bite. “Not bad! But you don’t have to cook for me anymore. We have servants for that, y’know.”

Corinne raised her eyebrow. “Is this your way of telling me my cooking is awful?” Jeremy pinched her cheek. “You little rascal. Is that how you see me? I was just worried that you’ll tire yourself out.” Corinne’s face was all bent out of shape with all the pinching Jeremy was doing.

She pouted and said, “It’s just a bowl of noodles. How tiring can it be?” “You’re pregnant right now, so it’s best to not do anything. In fact, you should just stay in bed and rest,” lectured Jeremy sternly.

Corinne put both of her elbows on the table and rested her face on her hands as she looked at Jeremy eating. “Mister, do you want to be a dad?” “Maybe.” “What do you mean maybe? It’s either yes or no. So which is it?” Jeremy had always been a fast eater, so he finished the bowl of noodles in no time. He put down his fork and took a sip of water before answering, “I do want to be the father of our child, but I’ll have to share you with our child when he’s born. And I don’t want to share you with anyone for the time being-not even our child.” Corinne was a little stunned to hear him say that, and she broke out in laughter.

“Hahaha! Why, you’re still just a kid inside! I can’t believe you’re jealous of our unborn child.” Jeremy gulped down half a glass, put down the glass, and raised his head to gaze seriously into her eyes. “So you think I’m still a kid, huh? I might not have a lot of experience in relationship matters, but even I know that it’s best to enjoy some time to ourselves first before having a kid. If possible, I want us two to have more quality time together, but since our baby decided to meet us earlier… then I’ll do my best to welcome him with you.” Corinne thought Jeremy looked cute when he spoke so seriously about relationship matters. She stood up and held his handsome face. “Don’t worry, Mister, I promise you I’ll still have time for you after the baby comes. I’ll split my attention fifty -fifty with you and the baby.” Jeremy wrapped his arm around her tiny waist and pulled her to sit on his lap.

“But what about now? I mean, I have to hold myself back from ravaging because of the baby,” he whispered into her ear.

Knowing what he meant, Corinne immediately blushed. “Here you go again, Mister. Is that all you can think about now that your turnmy is full? If I had known this would happen, I would’ve let you go hungry…” “I’m a man after all, so it’s normal for my mind to go there after filling my stomach…” He then nuzzled her face and gently kissed her from the earlobe to the corner of her lips.

Corinne instantly went soft as though she had been shocked by a strong electric current. However, she retained a sense of decency, she knew they should not do anything in the dining room since a servant could catch them at it.

‘He might not think it’s shameful, but I do!’ she thought. Thus, she turned away from his face and said, “Mister, you should brush your teeth after eating!” Jeremy’s hot breath fell on her cheek. Frowning, he grabbed her chin and turned her face back to him, lust burning in his eyes.

“Why? Are you disgusted by me?” he asked hoarsely as he touched her nose with his. 1 Corinne’s heart thumped loudly in her chest, completely taken in by him. “Would I do this if I find you disgusting?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 873-Corinne wound her arms around Jeremy's neck and kissed him fiercely. The movement caused Jeremy's bathrobe to come undone and revealed his toned chest, which made Corinne's heart beat even faster than it did.

Jeremy was ecstatic to see Corinne taking the initiative to kiss him first. He smiled and kissed her back just as hard as she did to regain control.1 Oh, I could just eat her up!' he thought.

Just when their passion nearly boiled over, Corinne pinched Jeremy's arm and looked at him lustily. "Not here. Let's go back to our room."

"Okay,’ replied Jeremy huskily. He lifted her in his arms and went up the stairs, all while he stole kisses from her. He then kicked open the door, gently put her on the bed, and took off his bathrobe.

Seeing his naked body reminded Corinne of something. She sat up and said, "Mister, I… I haven't taken a shower yet."

Jeremy pressed her down the bed once more. "No worries. I'll wash you up after we're done."

Corinne's ears turned red. "Mister…"

Jeremy kissed her lips. "Silly girl. You shouldn't call me Mister at a time like this… Why don't you call me something that you know will make me happy?"

Corinne could see the burning desire in Jeremy's eyes. It was even more intense than all the previous times. Thus, she knew they would be at it till the morning. This made her suddenly have the urge to beg for mercy.

"Honey, I'm a little tired today, so can we…" she said docilely.

Jeremy immediately melted at the word 'honey'. "That's alright. You just need to lie there and leave all the work to me."

Corinne was speechless. 'I should've known he won't stop now that he's got me onto the bed!' Jeremy’s hands went over every inch of her skin, leaving a tingling sensation in their wake and causing her to lose her mind. Finally, she simply gave in to the pleasure.

Corinne had no idea what time she fell asleep that night, but Jeremy was gone by the time she woke up the next morning. She was sore all over and did not feel like getting out of bed. A few seconds later, her hand shot out from under her blanket to take the phone lying on the bedside table.

After unlocking the screen, she saw a message from Jeremy. [I've already helped you wash up, so you don't need to take a shower in the morning.

Remember to eat your breakfast after you wake up and brush your teeth.] Corinne blushed at the thought of being carried to the bathroom by Jeremy. 'I must've been so tired that I didn't even realize Mister helped me shower.' She simply replied to him with an unamused emoji before throwing her phone to the side. Then, she snuggled in to continue her nap.

Alas, luck was not on her side as someone harshly knocked on her door as soon as she closed her eyes.

"Wake up, Corinne!"

It was that troublemaker Francine.

The lack of sleep put Corinne in a bad mood. She rolled around the bed for a few seconds before getting up and throwing some clothes on herself.

"What do you want from me so early in the morning?" she asked with an absentminded yawn after opening the door.

Francine rolled her eyes at the half-asleep Corinne before shoving the practice book to her face.

 

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 874-"Here, I've finished the practice questions. Now go buy me the ten Hermes bags you’ve promised me."

Corinne took the practice book and flipped through the pages. All the answers were correct. "How can you prove that you did this yourself?"

Francine frowned. "How can I prove it, you say? Well, you'll find the handwriting is mine if you just compare the handwriting in this book with all my other books."

Corinne scoffed. "I'm not asking you whether you wrote it. What I'm asking is how can you prove that you didn't cheat? You could've gotten these answers somewhere else."

Francine blinked unnaturally. "Who-me, cheat? How can I cheat when there was no one in the room for me to copy answers off of?"

"Tsk! You could've copied the answers off online!"

Francine looked away guiltily. "I don't even have a computer, so how can I do that?"

"You could've used your phone!"

"Are you trying to back out of your promise, Corinne?"

Corinne smacked Francine with the practice book. "I'm not trying to back out of my promise. I'll bring you to go buy your beloved Hermes bags if you can just prove you did the question yourself."

Francine was inspired upon hearing that. "How do you want me to prove to you?"

"Give me your phone and I'll keep it with me for the time being while you go get a new practice book and do the questions in front of me. You can bring it to me to mark after you've finished. I'll buy you your Hermes bags if you get half of the questions correct."

Francine hesitated a little. "You're trying to back out of your promise! I've done what you said, so why do I need to do it again?" she asked with a frown.

Corinne smiled. "Well, you won't waste your time arguing with me here if you're confident of your own ability, now would you?"

Francine was backed into a metaphorical corner. "Fine! I'll redo the whole thing.

Wait here while I go get a new practice book."

After a while, she strode back huffily with a new practice book in her hand."

Where should I do it?" she asked rudely.

Corinne let her into the room and pointed to the sofa with her chin. "You can do it there. Give me your phone."

Francine grudgingly gave Corinne her phone. "Don’t snoop around on my phone, okay?" she warned.

"Don't worry. Only *ssholes do that," said Corinne with a bored expression.

Francine scoffed. "Well, you certainly are one."

Corinne simply ignored her. She took the phone and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth. After that, she came out to see Francine scratching her head.

'She must be having problems with one of the questions,' she thought with a smile.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door, so she went to open it.

Bowen stood outside and gave her a slight bow before saying worriedly,"

Ma'am, I heard Miss Francine had come to disturb your sleep."

Corinne waved dismissively. "It's okay. She’s studying here."

'Stu… Studying?' Bowen thought he had heard wrong, but he looked to where Corinne was gesturing with her eyes and saw Francine was indeed studying.

'This is unbelievable!'

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 875-Don’t worry, she won’t dare do anything to me. Though, I’m afraid I need to keep an eye on her, so can you please ask the servant to bring my breakfast to me?” said Corinne softly.

Bowen nodded. “Certainly. I’ll ask the servant to bring it right away. And umm… Ma’am? Let me know if Miss Francine is acting up again.” Corinne gave him an OK hand gesture before closing the door.

Francine had just completed a few pages of the questions by the time Corinne finished her breakfast. Instead of rushing her, Corinne simply sat on the other end of the sofa and played on her phone.

It was noon in the blink of an eye, and Francine finished the questions on the last page before she handed the practice book to Corinne to check. “I’ve finished! Let’s see how you try to back out of your promise now.

Corinne put down her phone and took the practice book. A smile quickly appeared on her face while she flipped through the pages.

Francine frowned unhappily. “What are you smiling about?” Corinne shook her head. “Seems like I’ve overestimated you.” “What are you talking about? Go on, just give it to me straight!” Corinne threw the opened book onto the table. “I should have started you off with the practice book meant for a third-grader instead of a practice book meant for a fifth-grader.” Francine was shocked, but that soon turned into anger. “Corinne Carew! Are you telling me I only have the IQ of a third- grader?” Corinne rubbed her chin. After thinking the question over, she answered, “No. I think it’s more accurate to say you have the IQ of a second-grader. It took you the whole morning to complete the questions in the book, yet you didn’t even get any of them. right. You lack even the basic math knowledge that an elementary kid would have. This makes me wonder what you’ve been doing in school all this while, Francine.” Francine angrily stood with arms akimbo. “I don’t believe you! I must’ve gotten at least one right. You’re just trying to get out of buying Hermes bags for me!

Don’t make promises like that if you don’t plan on keeping them!” Corinne remained unfazed. “We can take photos of the pages and send them to your college friends to check if you don’t believe me.” Nothing was more important to Francine than her pride, so she would never agree to that. “Why you…” Corinne calmly handed her a tablet. “Learn this if you don’t want your friends to think you’re stupid.” “What’s this?” “I’ve downloaded a learning app for you. You can redo those questions after listening to the lessons there. My promise of buying you ten Hermes bags if you get at least half of the correct still stands after this.” “Are you teaching me how to do things?” Corinne raised her eyebrow. “I’m teaching you how to do math. And if you’re not willing to learn from me, I can always ask your brother to come home to teach you. But…he might get very angry at you once he finds out you can’t even do math at the elementary level.” Francine was beyond annoyed, but she would rather take Corinne over Jeremy any day. She knew Corinne was the type to make good on her threat, however, so she forced herself to take the tablet, put on the earphones, and listened to the lessons.

Due to how powerful her family was, no one in her elementary school dared to discipline Francine. Thus, she spent all her school days playing around, which was why she lacked even the basics in subjects like math and science.

In the end, her academic score was so bad that the family had to use their influence to get her into high school and college.

She knew she was not good at studying, but that did not seem to worry her since her family was wealthy enough to ensure she would never have to work a day in her life.

‘Why should I waste my time studying all this useless stuff? D*mn you, Corinne!

She must be mental to make me do this,’ she thought.

After listening to the lesson for an hour, Francine rubbed out all the wrong answers in the book so she could redo the questions.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 876-Francine skipped her lunch just so she could redo the questions. After painstakingly going through the questions again, she passed the book to Corinne.

"Here. All done."

Corinne took a look at it and chuckled softly. "Not bad. You’ve got ten questions right. Quite an improvement.'’ Francine felt a little humiliated. ’I only got ten questions right after listening to the lesson for an hour?’

"I’m hungry! I’m going to have my lunch now." She could not stand to be humiliated by the one person she looked down at the most, so she chose to run away.

"Wait," ordered Corinne softly.

Francine stopped in her tracks and turned back to glare at her. "What? I can’t even have my lunch? Do you want me to starve to death?"

Corinne put down the practice book, stood up, and put on her jacket. "I’m hungry too, so let’s go out and eat together."

Francine was a little surprised. ’She’s inviting me out to lunch? Is this another one of her tricks?’ "Heh! I wouldn't be caught dead with you out in public. Don’t you know how embarrassing that is?"

Instead of being angry, Corinne straightened out her jacket and said, "What if we drop by the Hermes store on the way to get you a bag?"

Francine's eyes widened like saucers, and she could have sworn she heard wrong. "What did you say?” Corinne raised her eyebrow. "You don’t want to?"

Francine had no idea what Corinne was up to. I want to, but I didn't get half of the questions right…"

"You get ten Hermes bags if you get half of the questions right, so going in that vein, you get one Hermes bag when you get ten questions right."

Francine's eyes immediately lit up. "You… You're not lying to me, right?"

Corinne took out a gold card and held it between her two fingers. "Does it look like I'm lying? So what do you say?"

"Let's go, then!" Francine swiftly declared. ’But just give me a moment to change!"

She thus ran into her room to change into something better.

Corinne yawned lazily as she watched Francine excitedly run back to her room.

'Sometimes, I really envy girls who get their happiness from bags. After all, their dreams only required some hard-earned money…' She never had any interest in material stuff. What she wanted to achieve was something intangible…something that was difficult to put into words but would give her immeasurable peace and spiritual fulfillment once she obtained it.

Bowen was both surprised and happy that the two girls, who did not get along with each other, were going out to eat together. He quickly arranged for the family's driver to drive them to the mall.

During the car ride, Francine hummed happily as she checked out the latest Hermes bag on her phone while Corinne looked out at the window, lost in her thoughts.

Suddenly, Francine showed Corinne her phone. "Corinne, which of these two colors looks better?"

Corinne took a glance and said, "The one on the right."

Francine thought so, too. "Hey, you got quite a good taste for a country bumpkin."

Francine had been calling Corinne a country bumpkin since she married into the family, so instead of getting angry, she simply ignored her. That was how desensitized she was to the insult.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 877-Francine’s curiosity was then piqued. “Hey, Corinne. Why don’t you get yourself a little something too since you have full access to my brother’s credit card?” “I have everything I need, so there’s no need to buy anything.” Frowning, Francine looked Corinne up and down with disgust. ‘Her clothes are so basic… I mean, she’s pretty enough to wear such basic clothing, but how will anybody know she’s rich if she doesn’t wear branded stuff?” “Of course you need to buy something! In fact, you should throw away all the clothes you have now and revamp your wardrobe. Corinne, you’re Missus Hart

now, so you should dress accordingly. If not, you’ll just be an embarrassment to my brother.” Corinne raised her head to look at Francine with something she could not quite decipher. This made Francine realize what she had just said. Thus, she cleared her throat awkwardly and said, “Ahem! Don’t get me wrong. This is by no way me accepting you as my sister-in-law… I just think you should at least clean yourself up since that lovesick brother of mine insisted on keeping you by his side. I’m only doing this for my brother. Only a polished woman is worthy enough for him.” Corinne smiled. “Thank you for your advice, but your brother doesn’t care what I wear, and I don’t have any interest in branded stuff. I’ll make sure I dress accordingly when the situation requires, but when it comes to day-to-day clothes…you can forget about it.” Francine rolled her eyes. “Hmph! You must think all this money is chump change. What you’re really after is all my family’s fortune. That’s why you’re working so hard to have my brother wrapped around your little finger!” Corinne smiled. “You’re right, but you can’t fault me for being good at it. You would’ve done the same if you’re as good as I am at getting a guy to willingly give all of his money to you.” Francine crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. “Oh, please. I’m not as manipulative as you are.” The two girls made a beeline to the Hermes shop as soon as they arrived at the mall. Francine happily weaved around the shelves to choose a bag that she liked while Corinne waited in the waiting area with a coffee in her hand.

“Corinne.” Sometime later, someone called out her name. She looked over and saw Jason walking over with a femininely dressed woman on his side.

Jason smiled at her. “So it is you, Corinne. I thought I was wrong.” “Yeah. What a coincidence,” said Corinne with a nod. She did not stand up but continued sipping her coffee.

“Why don’t you go over there and pick out a few bags you like while I stay and talk to my friend here,” said Jason softly to the woman beside him.

The woman did not seem to want to leave. She threw a guarded glance at Corinne before finally nodding and turning to check out the bags.

Jason immediately sat beside Corinne as soon as the woman left.

“Corinne, are you here alone? Where’s Jeremy?” he asked.

“I came here with Francine. I promised her I’d buy her a bag, so I’m just waiting for her here while she picks the bag she wants,” said Corinne indifferently.

Jason narrowed his eyes. “Well, how nice of you to bring your sister-in-law to do some bag shopping.” Corinne ignored his sarcastic remark and instead asked, “Was that your girlfriend?” “Nope,” answered Jason without hesitation.

Corinne raised her eyebrow. “Why did you bring her bag shopping if she’s not your girlfriend? Oh, I get it now. You’re so rich that you can afford to buy bags for any random woman you want.” Jason smiled helplessly. “She’s really not my girlfriend but a woman my parents are trying to set me up with. I was just racking my head trying to think of what I should do…but since you’re here now, why don’t you help me out?” “How?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 878-Jason moved closer to Corinne. “Help me get out of this arranged marriage in a way that won’t make both sides of the family mad.” Corinne frowned. She did not bother to conceal the disgust she felt. “You know you can just tell her you’re not interested, right? Why waste everybody’s time by pretending to be a gentleman and bringing her here to shop for bags? It’s just going to make her think you’re interested in her.” Jason shrugged. “I did tell her that, but she insisted it doesn’t matter since we can slowly get to know each other and ‘who knows, fall in love one day’. I’ve

taken her out to lunch and to a movie…but I don’t know what else we can do.

She didn’t want to go home, so she dragged me out to this mall.

“Corinne, you’ve always been a smart one. Can you please come up with a way to get me out of this?” Corinne took a sip of her coffee. She then looked up and down at the exasperated Jason, thinking, ‘Well, with that handsome face of his and wealthy family background, any girl would be hard-pressed to let him go.

His family must’ve chosen a girl who comes from the same family background as him, so this doesn’t only concern them but everyone on both sides of the family. Hmm…this is going to be tricky. One move, and his parents will come down hard on him.” wrong “I’ll give it a try,” said Corinne nonchalantly.

Jason grinned. “Oh, thank you! Thank you so much!” The woman Jason was with came running back to him soon after. She must be worried about leaving him alone with Corinne. She held up the latest bag while two beaming sales assistants followed behind.

“Jason, how do I look with this bag?” Jason glanced at the bag and nodded smilingly. “It looks good on you.” It sounded like a compliment on the surface, but the woman knew Jason was only paying her lip service. Her interest was not actually in the bag but in Corinne.

She looked questioningly at her and asked, “Jason, what are you guys talking about? Who’s this lady? Why haven’t you introduced her to me?” Social norms dictated that Jason should have introduced the two women to each other, but if he did that, it would make it seem like he placed a huge importance on the woman his parents were trying to set him up with. He was worried Corinne would get the wrong idea, and that was why he did not introduce her to her.

‘Now that I think about it, I’m definitely overthinking the whole thing since Corinne has never shown any interest in my business… he thought selfmockingly.

Smiling gracefully, he then introduced the two women to each other. “Oh, where are my manners? Here, let me introduce you two. This is an old friend of mine, Corinne Carew. And this here is the daughter of my dad’s best friend, Lola Jefferson.” ‘The daughter of his dad’s best friend?’ Lola was not happy with how Jason introduced her. ‘Am I overthinking things, or is he trying to keep a distance from me in front of Corinne?” “So nice to meet you, Miss Corinne,” said Lola warmly. She decided to play nice since she still did not know who Corinne really was.

“Likewise, Miss Lola,” Corinne replied with a smile.

Lola sat on the armrest beside Jason to stake her territory over him.

“Jason, how long have you known Miss Corinne? I know almost all the socialites in New Capital City, so how come I’ve never seen her before? Who is her family?” she asked curiously.

It was obvious she was trying to gather intel to see whether Corinne was worthy of being her rival

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 879-“She’s actually…” Jason was about to say Corinne was Jeremy’s wife when Corinne cut him off.

“We actually got to know each other through having the same illness,” quipped Corinne.

“Illness?” repeated Lola in shock.

Jason never expected Corinne would respond in such a way. He initially frowned, but he then smiled in anticipation of what she was going to say next.

Corinne nodded. “Yeah. He and I were in the same group chat created to talk about our illness. We were just talking about how he was doing just now.” Lola looked questioningly at Jason. “What illness is she talking about? Jason, are you sick? Why didn’t you tell me?” “Uh-oh. Sounds like you haven’t told her yet, Jason,” said Corinne in mock surprise.

Jason smiled and decided to play along. “Yeah, I haven’t found the right time to tell her yet.” “Oh, I’m so sorry! I shouldn’t have been such a big blabbermouth,” said Corinne apologetically. Jason shook his head. “It’s okay. I have to tell her sooner or later.” Lola was immensely confused. “Jason, what illness do you have? You can’t keep this kind of information from me!” Before Jason could say anything. Corinne replied on his behalf, “Don’t worry, Miss Lola. What he has isn’t serious, and he won’t die from it. It’s just a little intractable disease, that’s all. It’s contagious, but as long as you take the necessary precautions…” As soon as Lola heard the word, ‘contagious’, she jumped away from Jason in panic as she tried to recall all the times she had come in contact with him. Even the two sales assistants who followed her there instinctively took a step back.

Seeing Lola’s reaction, Corinne continued saying, “Don’t worry, Miss Lola! The chances of it passing on to another person is very small, but it’s very hard to cure it when you get it, so…” The flabbergasted Lola took out her phone to send a message quickly. Not five seconds after that, her phone rang.

She smiled awkwardly and said, “Excuse me, I need to take this.” After that, she strode to the other side and said in a loud voice in response to what the person on the other end of the phone said, “What? Everyone’s there, and you’re all waiting for me? Oh fine, I’ll be there in a sec!” She then hung up the phone and turned to face Jason and Corinne. This time, she made sure to keep her -distance from both of them. “Sorry, Jason. My besties invited me to have a spa day with them, so…” she trailed off awkwardly.

Jason stood up and took out his car keys. “It’s okay. Why don’t I give you a ride to the spa?” Lola smiled forcefully and waved her hand. “No… No thanks. You should stay here with Miss Corinne! It’s not every day you guys get to talk to each other.” “If you say so,” said Jason ‘ruefully’. “Enjoy your spa session, then.” “Will do. I’ll be off, then. Have fun with each other, Jason, Miss Corinne.” 1 Chap 879 7/2 After that, she ran out of the store.

The two sales assistants held the bag Lola was holding with two fingers as though they were holding something poisonous. Then, they quickly backed away from Jason and Corinne and went to sanitize the bag.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 880-Jason felt like crying and laughing at the sight.

He then turned to look at Corinne, who sipped her coffee peacefully.

“Corinne, I might never get a wife if word gets out about this. What woman would want to marry a man who has an incurable intractable disease?” he asked with a raised eyebrow.

“You were the one who asked me to get out of the arranged marriage. What happens after this is none of my problems,” Corinne replied nonchalantly.

Jason rubbed his chin and smiled at her. “That won’t do! You have to marry me if I can’t get a wife because of this!” Corinne gave him a bored side-eye. “How can I do that when I’m married?” Jason narrowed his eyes. “Oh, I’m not in a rush. I can wait until you’re divorced.” Corinne took it as a joke. “And what if I’m never getting a divorce?” she asked after chuckling.

“Oh, you will,” Jason said meaningfully.

“That sounded more like a threat than a joke…’ thought Corinne. She turned to him and raised her eyebrow. “What makes you think that?” Jason smiled mysteriously. “Because I know Jeremy. We’ve been friends since we were kids, after all.” “That’s his reason for thinking Jeremy will divorce me one day?’ Corinne scoffed. “Is that so? And you don’t mind marrying a divorcee?” She knew most men would mind marrying a divorcee, especially when said divorcee used to be his friend’s wife.

Jason smiled coyly. “I will mind if it’s any other woman but you, Corinne… It’ll be like a dream come true for me if I get to marry you. In fact, it’s one of my biggest regrets to not know you sooner than Jeremy.” Corinne was unfazed by his cheesy lines. “Oh, please. You can save it. None of what you said was even remotely funny.” Jason’s expression became serious, and gone was his usual flirtatious smile.

“Corinne, I was being genuine. If you break up with Jeremy-” “Corinne, which of these bags look better on…” Francine suddenly ran over with a bunch of bags in her arms, but her expression faltered when she saw Jason talking to Corinne on the sofa. She even heard the words ‘divorce’ and ‘Jeremy’ from Jason’s lips.

Corinne calmly sipped her coffee while looking at the bags Francine was holding.

“All of them look good, though the color on the right suits you better. The one in the middle and on the left has a more mature -looking color.” At that moment, Francine did not care which bag looked better on her. All her attention had been shifted to Jason. “Jason, what are you doing here?” Jason smiled. “I just happened to be passing by.” He thought it would be pointless to explain the whole arranged marriage thing to Francine.

Francine frowned. She did not like how popular Corinne was or how she was sitting so close to another man.

“Come here right now, Corinne Carew!” she demanded.

In truth, Corinne was not sitting on the same sofa as Jason. It was just that the two sofas they were sitting on were positioned quite close to each other, but it was not like they were the ones who placed the sofas like that. They were in a store, after all.

Not wanting to spoil Francine, Corinne remained seated where she was. “What do you want? Just say it.” Francine called Corinne over because she did not want her sitting so close with Jason, so she understandably became even angrier when she saw Corinne still seated. Thus, she tried another tactic. She held up the bag in her right hand and said fiercely, “I want this one!”