The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 335
Francine replied, “Sure! By the way, why did you call me at this time though, Anya? Is something the matter?”
Anya feigned hesitance. “Uh... Nothing! I bought you a gift when I came back, but it was only after I returned that I realized you
weren’t in town. I wanted to get your address so I can send it to you.”
Francine felt very touched when she heard that. “That’s so thoughtful of you, Anya! You even remembered me and bought me a
gift! Sigh, if only you were my sister–in–law! I wouldn’t have been locked up in the detention center for ten days, and Grandma
wouldn’t discipline me by sending me abroad. I don’t even have any personal freedom right now!”
Anya acted surprised as she asked, “What happened, Francine? How did you end up in a detention center all of a sudden?”
Francine was filled with resentment when she recalled that incident. “This was all Corinne’s fault! Ugh, why did my brother have
to marry a country girl like her? She’s a schemer, a hypocrite, and the worst person to ever exist in the world!”
Anya sighed sympathetically. “Sigh! Speaking of which, Rosie was detained at the police station today! I was so distressed
because I couldn’t bail her out, so I wanted to talk to you and get it off my chest...”
Francine was shocked. “What? Rosie is locked up too? What’s going on?”
Anya deliberately avoided the question at first and hesitated to say anything, but she then pretended as if she could not stand
Francine’s constant questioning and had no choice but to recount the series of events that happened in the past few days since
her return to the country. To that end, she chose to emphasize only those parts of the story that would elicit pity for her.
Francine was filled with righteous indignation after hearing what Anya said. “Seriously? Corinne again? I, too, believe that she
framed Rosie! I can’t believe my brother married someone so evil!”
Having achieved her desired effect, Anya then asked ‘ cautiously‘, “By the way, Anya, you haven’t gone online and seen any
news from back home, right?”
Francine answered, “No. I’ve been browsing stuff from the country I’m in these past couple of days. Did anything happen back
home?”
Anya then instructed, “You can’t let Grandpa and Grandma see any news from back home. I’m worried that they might get angry
and fall sick...”

“Why would they? Did something happen back home? Is it related to our family?”
“You should avoid reading it, too. Listen to me, okay? Don’t go searching for the news!”
Francine could not stand Anya’s cryptic advice, and she immediately switched on her tablet to read the news. As soon as she
found out what happened, her anger shot through the roof and she cursed, “How shameless can Corinne be?! I can’t believe she
tried to stage an accident and extort money! Our family’s reputation will be ruined if she’s revealed to be Jeremy’s wife! This is
unacceptable! I’m going to tell my grandparents right now so they’ll tell Jeremy to divorce her!”
Anya persuaded kindly, “No, Francine. Don’t. It won’t do your grandparents any good now, and-”
Francine had already gotten up and changed into a fresh set of clothes. “Don’t worry about this! Our family will never let that
woman humiliate our prestige!” She hung up in a hurry as soon as she finished speaking.
Once Anya heard the dial tone from the other end, she laughed and thought to herself, ‘Things are going really well!‘
Back at the Holdens‘ estate, Corinne went straight up because she could not wait any longer to wash off the coke that had dried
off and turned sticky on her body.
Jeremy followed her upstairs and entered the room, but Corinne’s two small hands pushed the door mercilessly to shut him out.
He raised his big hand and pushed the door to prevent her from closing it, and as he did so, he raised his eyebrows and looked
unhappily at her. “Didn’t you say you wanted to learn to get along with me? Why aren’t you letting me in?”