The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Besides, the apple did not fall far from the tree. It would not be difficult to imagine what kind of person Adam was with a daughter
like Sophia.
Then there were, of course, the rumors of Adam being ruthless enough to not even blink when he killed people and how he
would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
Thus, it was not that Corinne did not trust Jeremy but because she was worried about him. Unfortunately, she could tell he had
made up his mind, and nothing she said could ever change it.
“I trust you,” she finally said calmly and determinedly. “But, I don’t trust either Sophia or her father.”
Jeremy naturally understood where her worries were coming from, but he made sure to cover for all sorts of eventualities.
“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing,” he said.
Knowing it would be futile to stop him, Corinne decided not to waste her time trying to convince him otherwise. Thus, she scoffed
and started eating again.
Seeing this, Jeremy kept putting food on her plate like an attentive husband.
Suddenly, Corinne remembered something, so she asked, “By the way, why did you fake your death back then?”
Jeremy continued to pile food on her plate as he answered, “Because I wanted to find out who’s the mastermind behind all the
silver-haired man’s scheme. I didn’t expect that you’d risk your life to look for me.”
Corinne frowned. “Are you blaming me for ruining your plan?”
Jeremy smiled. “No. But please don’t ever risk your life for me again, okay?”
Instead of answering him, Corinne said, “In other words, the silver-haired man who kidnapped me wasn’t the mastermind?
There’s someone else?”
Jeremy nodded. “Sorry for dragging you into my family’s mess. If it weren’t for that, you wouldn’t have ended up getting
kidnapped and being used to blackmail me.”
Corinne did not really care about all that. “It’s okay. There’s no going back now. But Mister, what you should’ve done was to tell
me everything so I wouldn’t have mistakenly thought that you’re having an affair.”

Jeremy sighed and gave her a resigned look. “I know you. You’re not the type who’d be scared of those people nor would you
listen to me if I told you to stay at home. I wouldn’t be surprised if you tried to investigate the matter for my sake, and that’ll only
attract more attention toward you.”
Corinne was speechless. ‘He’s right. Instead of being afraid, I’ll help him investigate the matter to see if there’s any way to solve
his problems...’
“Little rascal, promise me something. Promise me that you’ll stay home for the next three days and wait for me to come back,”
said Jeremy coaxingly.
“Okay, I promise you,” replied Corinne softly.
Jeremy had told her that there was a mastermind behind the silver-haired man’s scheme. Since he was firm in his decision to go
to Molomia, Corinne thought she should at least lessen his burden by not giving him any reason to worry about her safety.
Frankly, her heart ached a little for the strong man before her. It had been like that ever since she got to know about his past
from Annie last night.
‘Poor man has the most selfish parents in the world. His father only knows how to fool around with other women while his mother
abandoned him after getting disappointed too many times by her husband,’ thought Corinne.