Adam frowned when he noticed that Lilin was no longer with him. "Where did Lilin go?"
Melinda snapped out of her senses and looked around, only to realize that their daughter was missing. "That can't be! Lilin was just behind me!"
Having confirmed that Lilin was missing, Adam's expression turned stern, and he swiftly ordered his subordinates, "What are you standing around for? Start searching for Lilin!"
"Understood!" the subordinates replied in unison.
Just as they were about to split up and search for her, a young girl's voice called out, "Don't bother! I'm right here!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and spotted a grown-up Lilin in sportswear. With her hands in her trouser pockets, she walked toward them at a leisurely pace while chewing her bubble gum.
Melinda pulled her daughter hastily. "Where have you been? Please don't just wander off alone, especially since the airport is huge and you're not familiar with the place at all!"
"I went to the bathroom," Lilin shrugged and replied nonchalantly.
Adam came over and chided, "Why didn't you tell me or your mother? You should've at least told one of us that you were going to the bathroom. We thought you were lost!"
After chastising her, he glanced over to his subordinates and lambasted, "You idiots! Didn't any of you notice that Lilin slipped away on her own?!"
Lilin looked over and locked eyes with Sophia's somewhat unfriendly gaze. She knew that Sophia did not like her, but she had to maintain some decorum for the sake of her parents. She removed her hand from her pocket and waved at Sophia. "Hiya, Sis! It's been a while!"
Though Sophia was a little displeased at Lilin's unbecoming behavior, she reciprocated Lilin's greeting for the sake of her father. Lilin had already gotten on her nerves earlier when she saw how anxious Adam was in thinking that Lilin had gotten lost.
Sophia had always been the apple of Adam's eye, but a large portion of that attention and concern he had for her shifted to Melinda ever since Melinda appeared in his life. The affection that Adam showered exclusively on her diminished, and it grew worse when Lilin was born.
Sophia initially assumed that her father would eventually get tired of Melinda, but his love for Melinda remained surprisingly unchanged all those years. She could not understand what Melinda had possibly done to make Adam so smitten with her.
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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...