The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 274
“Ugh, it hurts! Mister... Ouch...” Corinne’s voice was trembling
a little and she gritted her teeth to endure the pain. Her face turned pale, and she looked like she was about to keel over
anytime.
Jeremy stopped what he was doing, and his eyebrows sank. Why is she yelling when I haven’t even done anything to her yet?‘
He never intended to do anything to her in the first place and merely wanted to give her a little scare as payback for her
words to him.
“Where does it hurt?”
Corinne frowned uncomfortably. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes were red. “My hands...”
‘Hands?‘ Jeremy glanced up and looked at the two little hands that he held in a tight grip against the mirror. His pupils shrank
suddenly as he let go of her and brought her two hands down to eye level so he could check them.
At that moment, Corinne’s two little hands were red and
swollen like two boiled lobster claws.
Jeremy frowned tightly and asked her in a deep voice, “What happened? What did you do?”
Corinne shook her head weakly and was barely able to speak. “I ... I don’t know. I didn’t...do anything...”
Her hands were hot, and the unbearable pain she felt could be likened to being dipped inside the hot oil of a frying pan. The pain
made her sweat all over, and her breathing gradually
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became difficult too. Her throat felt as if it had been stuffed
with cotton balls.
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Before she finally closed her eyes, she heard Jeremy calling her name in a rather nervous manner.
“Corinne! Corinne! Corinne...”
The next second, Jeremy quickly rushed out of the bathroom with the unconscious Corinne in his arms.
At the hospital, Corinne woke up to see a white ceiling up above and intravenous drips hanging just beside her.
Her mouth was dry, and her throat felt sore. She wanted to get up but was unable to. She wanted to reach out for the water on
the cabinet, only to discover that her hands were tightly wrapped in gauze just like that of an oversized round ball. Her fingers
were not in sight, and she could not grasp anything at all.
She lay helplessly on the hospital bed and looked around.
Being the only person in the ward, the silence was deafening and terrifying. It was like the time her mother sent her to the
hospital for treatment when she was a child. Her mother had told her to wait obediently in the ward while she went out to buy
some food.
She watched as the liquid in the intravenous drip ran out drop by drop, but her mother never once came back.
Hospitals thus became one of the places she disliked most.
She was feeling in low spirits when a loud voice called out to her, “Corinne! You’re awake! I’m so glad!”
Corinne heard the sound and saw that Annie had walked in.
Annie rushed to the hospital bed and looked at her worriedly. ” I just went to the bathroom. Why are your eyes red?”
Corinne’s lips curled into a smile and she answered hoarsely, I’m okay. I just slept a little too long.”
Annie then nodded. “Do you feel better now, then? Would you like me to call the doctor over and check on you?”
Corinne shook her head. “No, it’s fine. Could you help me up and pass me the water? I’m feeling super thirsty right now.‘
Annie did as Corinne requested and carefully helped the latter up. She then put a pillow on Corinne’s back, then brought a glass
of water over with a straw and held it up for Corinne to take a sip.

Corinne originally wanted to take the water glass to drink by herself, but since she was unable to hold the glass with her hands,
she could only accept Annie’s help as she stretched her head over and drank with a straw.