The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1360

"You're Jeremy's niece, alright—defending him so fervently," said Corinne mockingly. "To me, hiding something from me is as good as lying. Not to mention, I did ask him whether he was hiding anything from me, and he said he wasn't."

Annie sighed again. "I'm a woman too, but I understand how you feel. No one likes to be lied to by the people they love and trust. But Corinne, don't you get the sense that Uncle Jeremy is quite scared of you? He must not dare to tell you after imagining how angry you would be."

Corinne found that laughable. "Heh! As if I'd ever believe he's scared of me. You haven't seen the way he shouts at me when he's angry at me."

Annie spread her hands helplessly. "Take today, for example. Uncle Jeremy doesn't really care what the Riveras think of him. But even so, he didn't dare to set foot inside because he was worried you'd get angry at him again."

Corinne was speechless.

Annie continued, "Also, Uncle Jeremy got legally married to Sophia not because of some 'bromance' or because he likes her. No. It's because Sophia's father is Adam, as in the director of Adam Group! You must've heard of the company, Corinne.

"If I'm to be polite, I'd say Adam Group is a world-class business consortium. But really, they're just a big bully with a global reach. As to why this concerns Uncle Jeremy… Well, he's in a somewhat complicated situation due to the problems passed down from his parents' generation.

"I'm not sure if you've heard, but Uncle Jeremy's father was an infamous playboy who had many illegitimate children with different women outside of his marriage. As time passed, his illegitimate children all grew up and started vying for Uncle Jeremy's fortune like hungry wolves.

"They kept looking for an opportunity to expose Uncle Jeremy's weakness so they could threaten him with it. All of them wanted him dead so they could inherit the Holdens' vast fortune.

Annie nodded. "Yup. He always knew about them."

Frankly, she somewhat pitied Jeremy. His father did not care about him at all as he would rather spend his time chasing after other women. He would profess ardent love for every woman he met and abandon them in the slightest trouble. What was even more despicable was he would go on to have kids with these women.

Jeremy's mother had long given up on Jeremy's father out of sadness and despair. She left the family when Jeremy was still little, and no one had seen her since. No one even knew whether she was still alive or dead.

Corinne's heart ached. The pain was not out of pity for Jeremy but due to how similar their childhood experiences were.