"Hello, ma'am," came the voice on the other end of the phone. Only Tommy would call her that.
Corinne frowned and asked cautiously, "Why are you answering the phone? Aren't you with Jeremy?"
On the other end of the line, Tommy stood in the guest room of Adam Manor and watched anxiously as several professional doctors treated Jeremy's injuries. They tended to his flesh and skin wounds while applying bandages to his legs. Jeremy's face was pale, and there were glistening beads of sweat on his forehead due to the pain.
He had been with Jeremy for many years and had never seen him beaten up like that before. Jeremy might be able to endure that suffering, but Tommy could not bear to deal with it. However, confronting Adam directly would render Jeremy's earlier ordeal meaningless, and all the pain Jeremy went through would end up in vain.
Jeremy endured all that with the singular motive of ensuring that the marriage certificate to Sophia would be annulled without any complications. It would ensure that they no longer owed each other anything. He wanted to be with Corinne in an upfront manner and without any baggage.
Tommy remembered Jeremy's instructions when handing over the jacket, so he took a deep breath and pretended to answer calmly, "He fell asleep because he was a little tired."
'He fell asleep?' Corinne thought to herself. She felt that something was amiss because it was supposed to be daytime in Molomia. Jeremy had just arrived after a flight that lasted more than 20 hours, though, so he might have been exhausted from the jetlag.
"Have you reached Sophia's house?" she inquired.
Tommy felt guilty but managed to lie flawlessly. "We haven't arrived yet. Mister Jeremy is resting in the car. Would you like to speak with him? I can wake him up if you want."
After some consideration, Corinne decided against it. "It's fine. You don't have to wake him up. Let him sleep a little longer, but tell him to call me back when he wakes up."
He then put away Jeremy's phone and saw that the doctors had finished treating Jeremy's injuries. They explained the situation to him and described Jeremy's injuries as being rather severe. By their examination, Adam had been very ruthless. Fortunately, none of the injuries affected his vital organs, and Jeremy would be back on his feet after several months of rehabilitation.
Tommy nodded after understanding everything and signaled for the doctors to leave the room.
Once the doctors had left, Sophia and Melinda entered the room after waiting outside for some time. Since they were women, they tactfully remained outside because Jeremy's clothes would have to be taken off for the treatment.
The doctors' exit demonstrated that Jeremy's treatment was complete, so they decided to come in.
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...