Corinne suddenly grabbed Lucas' sleeves. "Lucas, get someone to deliver my passport to me now. I'm going to take the next flight out to Molomia," she said anxiously.
Lucas was taken aback by this request, and he frowned. "Nonsense, Corinne. You're in no condition to go anywhere right now! Be a good girl and stay home to wait for the baby to come. The baby's safety should be your priority. But don't worry. I'll get my men in Molomia to keep watch over Jeremy. You have my word that I won't stand by and do nothing if Jeremy needs help."
Even if he did not like Jeremy, Lucas would still help him out because he was Corinne's husband. Maybe that was what people meant when they said, 'Love me, love my dog'.
The tightness in Corinne's chest intensified as she watched a plane take off from the airport window. She could not help but recall all the misunderstandings that sprang between her and Jeremy when he went abroad, which ultimately ended with them going their own ways.
'Hopefully, things will be different now since we've said everything we needed to say. There's no more misunderstanding between us, so no matter what, I'm not going catastrophize without asking him first,' thought Corinne.
However, she was still worried about something bad happening to him. They had not even been separated for long, yet she was already having separation anxiety.
Lucas could not bear to see her like that. He pulled her into his arms and proceeded to pat her gently on the back to soothe her.
"He's a capable man, so you should trust that he'll be able to solve any problem that comes his way. Besides, he wouldn't have gotten to where he is now if he's the type of man who needs his pregnant wife to clean up his mess. Corinne, you shouldn't spoil a man too much, or he'll just become lazy and incompetent."
His words did nothing to ease Corinne's worries. "But he—"
"By the way, Jeremy asked us to help him out with something before he left," interrupted Lucas.
Corinne looked up at him. "What is it?"
Lucas gestured with his chin in a particular direction.
Corinne turned around and saw Edmund leading Joey to them. He had gone to the Holdens' mansion to fetch the boy.
Joey looked scared, but his eyes immediately lit up when he saw Corinne. He ran over to her and wrapped his little arms around her leg as though she was his long-lost mother.
"Auntie Sissy!"
Lucas nodded. "Yeah. The kid misses you very much, so Jeremy asked us to look after him for three days."
Actually, Joey was there to serve as a distraction for Corinne so she would not worry about Jeremy too much.
Corinne turned her attention back to Joey. She held his hand and said, "Let's go home."
Joey nodded docilely. "Yeah! I'll go wherever Auntie Sissy is!"
Lucas sighed with relief when he saw Corinne's worry for Jeremy had evaporated as she walked out of the airport with Joey.
He proceeded to follow her out but, at the same time, realized one person was missing from their group.
"Where's Sunny?" he asked Edmund with a frown.
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...