The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne suddenly grabbed Lucas’ sleeves. “Lucas, get someone to deliver my passport to me now. I’m going to take the next
flight out to Molomia,” she said anxiously.
Lucas was taken aback by this request, and he frowned. “Nonsense, Corinne. You’re in no condition to go anywhere right now!
Be a good girl and stay home to wait for the baby to come. The baby’s safety should be your priority. But don’t worry. I’ll get my
men in Molomia to keep watch over Jeremy. You have my word that I won’t stand by and do nothing if Jeremy needs help.”
Even if he did not like Jeremy, Lucas would still help him out because he was Corinne’s husband. Maybe that was what people
meant when they said, ‘Love me, love my dog’.
The tightness in Corinne’s chest intensified as she watched a plane take off from the airport window. She could not help but
recall all the misunderstandings that sprang between her and Jeremy when he went abroad, which ultimately ended with them
going their own ways.
‘Hopefully, things will be different now since we’ve said everything we needed to say. There’s no more misunderstanding
between us, so no matter what, I’m not going catastrophize without asking him first,’ thought Corinne.
However, she was still worried about something bad happening to him. They had not even been separated for long, yet she was
already having separation anxiety.
Lucas could not bear to see her like that. He pulled her into his arms and proceeded to pat her gently on the back to soothe her.
“He’s a capable man, so you should trust that he’ll be able to solve any problem that comes his way. Besides, he wouldn’t have
gotten to where he is now if he’s the type of man who needs his pregnant wife to clean up his mess. Corinne, you shouldn’t spoil
a man too much, or he’ll just become lazy and incompetent.”
His words did nothing to ease Corinne’s worries. “But he—”
“By the way, Jeremy asked us to help him out with something before he left,” interrupted Lucas.
Corinne looked up at him. “What is it?”
Lucas gestured with his chin in a particular direction.
Corinne turned around and saw Edmund leading Joey to them. He had gone to the Holdens’ mansion to fetch the boy.

Joey looked scared, but his eyes immediately lit up when he saw Corinne. He ran over to her and wrapped his little arms around
her leg as though she was his long-lost mother.
“Auntie Sissy!”
Corinne was pleasantly surprised. She looked down at the top of his head. “Joey...”
‘This kid has grown taller. And he can talk and walk better than before too!’ she mused.
Joey hugged her tightly. “Auntie Sissy, you’re back. I thought you didn’t want me anymore,” he said with teary eyes.
Corinne’s heart ached to see him like that. She patted his head softly. “Yeah, I’m back.”
Being a kid, Joey held no grudge toward their separation from before. All he felt at that moment was the joy of reuniting with
Corinne.
“Auntie Sissy, Daddy said I must take care of you while he’s on a business trip. He also said that we’ll welcome my baby sister
when he’s back.”
‘Baby sister?’ Corinne’s lips twitched. ‘How can he be sure it’s a baby girl?’
She turned toward Lucas. “Is this what you meant when you said Jeremy asked us for help?”
Lucas nodded. “Yeah. The kid misses you very much, so Jeremy asked us to look after him for three days.”
Actually, Joey was there to serve as a distraction for Corinne so she would not worry about Jeremy too much.
Corinne turned her attention back to Joey. She held his hand and said, “Let’s go home.”
Joey nodded docilely. “Yeah! I’ll go wherever Auntie Sissy is!”
Lucas sighed with relief when he saw Corinne’s worry for Jeremy had evaporated as she walked out of the airport with Joey.
He proceeded to follow her out but, at the same time, realized one person was missing from their group.
“Where’s Sunny?” he asked Edmund with a frown.