Phoebe pretended to be sick and asked Anya to call her father over, to which Anya succeeded.
Maxwell eventually came, but as soon as he entered the room, he asked her how she was feeling and decided to call an ambulance for her.
In truth, she was faking her sickness, and she would have a hard time explaining to him if the ambulance came and the nurses were unable to detect what her sickness was. As a result, she told him that she was just a little dizzy.
Then, her husband pulled up a chair and sat by the bed to read a book. It was a very thick book, and he seemed to have entered a trance while he read it. She sometimes wondered if her husband's soul had left his body whenever he was reading, because he would rather read a book than look at his charming wife!
Sometime later, she could not stand having to feign her sickness anymore, so she told him that she was feeling better and wanted to get some fresh air outside.
Maxwell still did not show any concern about her.
'Being married to a man like that isn't any different from being a widow!' She felt that it was inappropriate to rant to her daughter about the emptiness she felt as well as the lack of physical touch, so she just shook her head dejectedly and said, "He's reading in the room. Where are you going now, Anya?"
Anya was very annoyed at that moment, too. "Joey is becoming more and more unruly now. He cries as soon as I enter the room, and he only wants to be with his teachers! He makes me so angry that I feel like sending him back to the orphanage!"
Phoebe understood her daughter's frustration and patted her shoulder. "Can't say I'm surprised. Why would an adopted child be close to you? Just leave him be. You can give birth to your baby in the future."
Anya's expression soured after hearing what her mother said, and she quickly looked around her to confirm that no one was around. She quickly pulled Phoebe into the guest room again and said uneasily, "Keep your voice down, Mom! If people find out that I'm not infertile, I won't be able to use that against Jeremy in the future!"
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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...