The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Lucas’ eyes darkened with caution when he heard the name ‘Brian Addison’.
Corinne was observant enough to catch the changes in his eyes. “What’s the matter? You don’t like Brian Addison?”
Lucas shook his head. “Brian Addison was the name Adam used when he was still living in this city.”
‘What? They’re the same person?’ thought Corinne with shock. “Does that mean that piece of land belongs to Adam?”
Lucas nodded. “What time is the auction tomorrow? I’ll go with you.”
“It’s at ten in the morning.”
“I’ll come pick you up tomorrow then. Meeting’s finished. Now ask the servants to carry the kids’ gifts from the trunk inside.”
“Sure. By the way, thanks,” replied Corinne absent-mindedly.
A few moments later, a group of servants came out of the mansion to bring the gifts for the kids inside.
Corinne watched Lucas’ car leave with a thoughtful expression. She then looked down at the painting in her hand.
‘There’s finally a lead on Mom. Maybe there’ll be a lead on Jeremy too...’
...
The kids were overjoyed to get new toys.
“Mommy, are all these toys from Uncle Lucas?” asked Joey with bright eyes as he held the toys that were meant for him.
Even though Corinne did not admit Lucas was her brother, she did not mind her kids calling him ‘Uncle Lucas’.
“Yup. Uncle Lucas specially bought them for you all,” replied Corinne. She then handed one of the extra-large boxes to Bryan.
“Here, this is yours, Bryan.”
‘Bryan’ was quietly watching from the side, and his expression immediately turned to one of happy surprise when Corinne gave
him the box of toys.
“Are... Are they really for me?”
Corinne nodded. “Of course they are. This isn’t the first time Uncle Lucas bought you toys. Why do you look so surprised?”

Of course ‘Bryan’ was surprised. After all, he was actually Benjamin.
Inside the box was a set of ultra, high-end toy excavators. Even though he had a lot of toys at home, he had never seen such toy
excavators as well-made as these.
He always liked excavators, but Sophia would not buy him toys like that. She said only those at the bottom of society would want
to drive a vehicle like that. Thus, she would not allow him to touch it nor could he play with dirt. Instead, she would buy him car
models of high-end brands.
He found those very boring to play with.
Benjamin happily hugged the toy excavators to his chest. He was practically in heaven! He could not believe how lucky he was
to live there.
Corinne passed Christine her share of the toys before calling Lucas on the phone so that the kids could thank him.
After that, she went to search online for more information about Brian Addison while the kids played with their new toys.
‘So Brian Addison is Adam. Adam Group has been selling off its assets one after another in this country lately. Maybe that’s why
Sophia’s back... She’s here to help her dad handle the affair,’ thought Corinne.