Meanwhile, at the hotel suite, Jeremy suddenly sneezed. "Achoo!"
Sophia, who just came back from meeting with her father, happened to hear it and looked worried. "Zachary, why are you sneezing? Didn't you already take the cold medicine? You should be getting better by now."
As she spoke, she quickly stepped forward and touched Jeremy's forehead. It was not hot.
Jeremy raised his hand and gently pushed her hand away. "I'm okay. It's just that my nose is a little itchy. Maybe it's because of the dust in the air."
"Oh, thank god. I'll ask housekeeping to clean our room again later so we'll get rid of the dust in here," said Sophia with relief.
"Okay."
Sophia looked at the child, who was asleep on the bed and holding his toy. "Benjamin's sleeping again? All that kid does is play, eat, and sleep!"
Jeremy, too, glanced at the sleeping child on the bed. He then frowned and, with a somewhat accusatory tone, asked, "Why did you just let him come back here alone? What if he ran out of the hotel?"
Sophia was a little taken aback. She then looked embarrassed. "Uh… I was busy talking to my father at the time, but Benjamin insisted on coming back to find you..."
Suddenly, she had an idea, so she added, "But I didn't let him run back alone! I asked Lilin to send him back! Zachary, didn't you see Lilin?"
Jeremy frowned. "No."
"Zachary, why do you seem so upset with me all of a sudden? Did Benjamin say something to you after he came back?" she asked cautiously.
Jeremy raised his eyes and stared at her intently. "What makes you think he said something to me?"
Sophia felt that Jeremy was suddenly so upset with her because Benjamin badmouthed her after he came back. 'Zachary's definitely going to hate me if I pretend nothing happened,' she thought.
Thus, she said sadly, "Fine, I admit I did lecture him when I was with Dad. But that's because he was really rude to Dad. I can tolerate it when he's rude to me because he's my kid, but Dad immediately got angry and lectured me for not disciplining my own kid! And you know how Dad's temper is. I was afraid that he'd give Benjamin a spanking, so I pretended to scold Benjamin to appease him. So what I'm asking is, did Benjamin tell you what happened after he came back?"
Every word that came out of Sophia's lips was a lie. She had no qualms about playing the victim if it meant that it would get Jeremy to love her.
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...