The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 1477
However, Sophia did not hear Bryan this time.
Corinne sat in her private booth with a frown. She looked like she was lost in thought.
Seeing this, Lucas asked her gently, “Are you okay? Did you find out who the patron in the opposite booth was?”
Corinne nodded. “It’s Sophia.”
Lucas was stunned. He looked worriedly at Corinne as he finally realized why Sophia bidded against him.
“It’s so despicable for Adam Group to employ this kind of tactic,” he said with a scoff.
Corinne scoffed as well. “It’s not only despicable but greedy too! By doing so, they’ve raised the price to ten times its fair value!”
Lucas agreed to what Corinne said. His eyes darkened. “Don’t worry. I’ll explain what happened to the person in charge later.
You have my word that I’ll get that piece of land at a fair market price for you.”
Corinne did not have any proof that Adam was Sophia’s father since the old Adam had wiped out all of his past when he took up
his new name.
Even so, she had faith Lucas would be able to dig up some proof.
The auction ended 40 minutes later.
Corinne wanted to go with Lucas to talk to the person in charge, but he would not let her. He reasoned that it would take some
time to explain the
whole thing, and that meant only Edmund would be left to take care of the three kids if Corinne followed him.
Lucas knew Edmund could not babysit three kids on his own since he was inexperienced in that matter. The fact that Edmund
lost ‘Bryan’ when he took him to the restroom with Joey already proved that. It would be disastrous if something irreversible were
to happen to one of the kids while in his care.
Thus, Corinne decided to stay back to look after the kids.
Lucas asked her to bring the kids to the car to wait for him, so that was exactly what she did.

20 minutes later, Lucas went to find them at the parking lot.
“How did it go? Did the auction house believe your story?” asked Corinne immediately after Lucas got in the car.
Lucas turned to her. “I’ve already explained everything to the person in charge, but because Sophia left, we can’t confront her.
The auction house said they’ll look into the matter and give US an answer soon. As for that piece of land, it’s definitely ours. All
that’s left is that the price remains to be discussed.”
Corinne nodded. “Okay. Let’s just wait for the auction house’s update, then.”
Lucas looked worriedly at Corinne. “Did you see anyone else when you went to look for Sophia?”
Corinne was a little taken aback by his question. “No. She was the only person in the booth when I was there.”
After a brief silence, Lucas replied, “Okay.” After that, he turned back around and ordered the driver, “Drop Corinne back to the
Holdens’ mansion first.”
“Yes, Mister Lucas!”
Corinne thought it was odd for Lucas to ask her such a question, so she asked him, “Mister Lucas, why did you ask me if I saw
anyone else in Sophia’s booth? Was there supposed to be someone else? Like her father?”
Lucas shook his head. “It’s nothing. I only asked because I was curious to know whether she came alone or with her father.”