Corinne was at a loss for what to do with Joey. On one hand, she did not want to traumatize him further with abandonment issues, but on the other, she did not want to saddle herself with him.
In the end, she decided it was more important to get him to sleep. Thus, she said, "There, there. I'm not going anywhere. Go to sleep, and we can have breakfast together tomorrow morning."
"O…kay…" said Joey before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
The next morning, Corinne brought Joey down for breakfast after they had both washed up.
Even though both Pamela and Greg were very fond of Joey, the little boy still felt scared in the new environment. Thus, he clung to Corinne like his life depended on it.
After breakfast, Corinne needed to discuss something with Xante and Aaron at the company, so she gave Joey some pep talk before handing him over to Francine to look after.
However, the moment she stepped out of the house, she saw Tommy and a line of bodyguards blocking her way.
"Good morning, Ma'am," Tommy greeted her respectfully.
"Why are you here? Don't you need to be at work?" she asked with a confused frown.
"I am working now. Mister Jeremy has arranged for us to be here."
Corinne raised her eyebrow unhappily. "Why did he do that? Where is he now?"
"Mister Jeremy caught a flight back to Molomia last night. Before he left, he instructed us to stand guard at this mansion to protect you round the clock."
'He flew back to Molomia last night? My, my. He sure is in a rush to go back to his legal wife,' thought Corinne.
She chuckled coldly and said to Tommy, "I appreciate his gesture, but I don't need you to protect me. Consider yourself and the others dismissed. You're free to do whatever you want."
After that, she tried to walk past them, but the bodyguards would not allow her to do so.
"Is that so?" challenged Corinne. She hated nothing more in this world than to be threatened.
At that moment, Pamela walked over and smiled kindly at Corinne.
"Corinne, I'm sure Jeremy is only doing this for your own good, so why don't you just stay at home for the baby's sake? I'll cook whatever you want to eat, and you can even invite your friends over. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous feast for them."
Corinne looked sideways at Pamela, who she always respected, with eyes filled with cold disappointment. She thought the old woman was on her side, but she realized she had been on Jeremy's side all along.
'Seems like the Holdens have made up their minds to keep me under house arrest!' thought Corinne.
She said nothing to Pamela. Instead, she went back to her own room to survey the situation from the balcony.
Not only were there bodyguards at the main entrance of the mansion, but there were also some stationed every 90 meters outside the gate. She could not escape even if she had wings!
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...