The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jeremy narrowed his eyes when he saw the abandoned factory in front of him.
A few minutes later, the car stopped in front of the factory, and he got down.
...
Meanwhile, back at the Riveras’ mansion.
Lucas was supervising the kitchen staff. He wanted to make sure all the ingredients were prepared safely and correctly for
Corinne’s consumption.
After a while, he brought out some meatballs and called toward the living room, “Corinne, dinner’s ready!”
“Coming!” said Corinne. She then turned off the television with the remote and walked toward the dining room. Recently, she was
quick to hunger, but she just chalked it down to the baby needing more nourishment.
After he called Corinne over, Lucas ordered one of the servants to ask Sunny down for dinner.
Sunny was still in his room sulking at that time. However, as much as he was not in the mood to eat, he dared not defy his
brother’s order.
As soon as he came into the dining room and smelled the barbecue grilling, he found his appetite came back. In fact, he was
even hungrier than before since the whole thing with Xante caused him to skip lunch.
Sunny sat and poured some sauce onto his plate. “Lucas, didn’t you use to stop us from eating barbecue food because of how
unhealthy it is?” he asked curiously.
Lucas’ face instantly darkened. He gave Sunny a side-eye while saying, “It’s fine if we eat it once in a while.”
Sunny did not dare to say anything else after that. He was so afraid Lucas was going to lecture him again that he decided to do
the smart thing by moving to sit next to Corinne.
The Riveras’ dining table was so large that they had to stand up to get the food from the tabletop grill. Thus, Lucas thought it
would be easier if he sat next to Corinne too so that the servants could help them grill the food from the other side.
Lucas placed some steak onto Corinne’s plate. “Corinne, I’ve booked a room for you at the hospital. You just need to tell me
when your water breaks, and we’ll go straight to the hospital.”

“Thank you. That’s very kind of you,” said Corinne serenely. After that, she busied herself with eating.
Lucas could not help but feel Corinne was trying to distance herself from him, so he said, “You don’t have to thank me. I’m just
doing what any brother would do.”
Corinne pretended she did not hear what he said.
Lucas sighed softly and left it at that. ‘I wonder when she’ll stop treating me like a stranger...’ he thought.
Halfway through their dinner, Edmund suddenly walked into the dining room and whispered something into Lucas’ ear.
Lucas’ eyes immediately widened. “When did that happen?”
“I’m not sure as I just received the news,” answered Edmund gravely.
Lucas quickly put down his fork and knife before glancing at Corinne with a complicated look on his face.
Noticing something was off, Sunny asked, “Edmund, did something happen?”
Edmund did not know how to answer him, so he chose to stay silent.
Lucas glanced coldly at Sunny. “This doesn’t concern you. Eat your dinner!”
Sunny pouted and did as he was told.
Lucas picked up his napkin to wipe his hand. After that, he stood and said, “Corinne, take your time with your dinner. I need to
step out for a moment to do something, okay?”
“Okay,” replied Corinne with a nod. Knowing where her boundaries were, she did not ask Lucas what happened or where he was
going. Instead, she picked up another piece of steak from the grill and put it on her plate.
Sunny still felt the whole thing was off as he watched Lucas leave. “I wonder what happened to cause Lucas to dash off like
that.”
“Mind your own business, kiddo!” warned Corinne with a glance.