The Day I Kissed An Older Man

However, there was no one there at all, apart from a black SUV that had just driven away.
Corinne’s face gradually softened. She turned back and said gently to ‘Bryan’, “No more next time, you hear? You shouldn’t run
off by yourself no matter what because you’ll make Mommy worry.”
‘Bryan’ stared at Corinne dazedly. His resistance went down after Corinne changed her tone. This was markedly different from
the attitude he held toward Sophia; he would rebel against her no matter what she said to him.
Corinne hugged ‘Bryan’ tightly and gently patted his back. “You like those cartoon toys, right? Don’t cry. Mommy will buy you and
Joey lots of cartoon toys, okay?”
Benjamin knew his name was not Bryan, but he could not resist Corinne’s gentleness. Thus, he nodded and rested his head on
her shoulder. “Okay.”
Everyone smiled when the mother and son made peace. Only Christine frowned with a heavy heart at the scene.
Back at the hotel, the real Bryan had fallen asleep on Jeremy’s lap.
Sophia wheeled Jeremy into the bedroom. Just when she reached out to pick up Bryan, he started crying in his dreams. She
immediately pulled her hand back and the little boy stopped crying.
She tried a few more times to pick him up, but she failed. “Why is this kid being so difficult?”
Jeremy looked down at Bryan with eyes full of fatherly love. “It’s okay. I’ll take care of him myself. You should get some rest too.”
Sophia became angry. She was the one who raised the kid, and yet he did not even want to let her touch him!
“Zachary, don’t you think there’s something different about Benjamin?” she asked.
She knew he did not like her, but he never hated her to the extent of refusing her touch. Thus, she found the whole thing very
odd.
Jeremy did not find anything different about the sleeping kid in his lap. “Maybe he didn’t find it comfortable to sleep in the car so
he’s a bit grumpy right now. Plus, you should know that he always wakes up grumpy first thing in the morning.”
Sophia sighed unhappily, thinking that the kid would be the death of her someday. After all, his grumpiness was already reserved
for her and not his dad! It was obvious he knew who he could bully.

She was tired, so she decided to let it slide. “Okay then, I’m going to take a shower first. You should put Benjamin on the bed and
get some rest too. I’m sure you’re tired from holding him all the way in the car.”
“Sure,” said Jeremy with a nod.
After Sophia went into the bathroom, Jeremy maneuvered his wheelchair to the side of the bed and then put Bryan down on the
bed.
Bryan frowned at the movement before turning to his side without waking up.
Jeremy was gently pulling the blanket over Brayn when the little boy muttered, “Mommy, Bryan wants to eat chocolate...
Mommy, hug me to sleep...”
‘Bryan? Who’s Bryan? Why is my son calling himself a name I’ve never heard before?’ thought Jeremy with shock.