The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 509
Jason did not answer her, but he did not shake her hands off either.
After a while, there was finally some light. The manor’s butler came rushing into the banquet hall with a flashlight in his hand.
“Dear guests, please do not panic. It’s just a circuit trip. We’ve already asked someone to fix it, and the light will come back soon
enough,” announced the butler in a bid to reassure everyone.
“Please fix it as soon as possible. My girlfriend is afraid of the dark.”
“Ugh. That really gave us a fright.”
“It’s okay. It’s okay. There’s no need to be scared. It’s just a circuit trip.”
After a minute or so, the lights in the banquet hall came back on. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and went back to what they
were doing.
Unfortunately, Zeke-who was still standing in the middle of the dance floor-had already put on his clothes and was tying up his
tie.
He smirked at his friends and said, “Sorry guys. I finished the strip show when the electricity was out. Too bad you all didn’t get to
see it.”
Jason, Gerald, Jeremy, and Corinne were all speechless. In fact, Corinne heavily suspected that
Zeke was the one behind the blackout. Otherwise, it was too much of a coincidence for the circuit to trip just when he was going
to take off his pants.
It was not that she really wanted to see Zeke naked. She just thought it was a pity that he did not get the full punishment when
he was the one who deliberately egged her on to raise the bet during the card game.
Since the lights had come back on, Corinne let go of Jason’s arm. She then looked up at him and said, “Thank you. Earlier...”
She stopped talking mid-sentence because when she looked up, it was not Jason’s face she saw but Jeremy’s. His face was
emotionless and cold, as usual.

‘Jeremy? How could it be him? He wasn’t standing here before the blackout.’
It never crossed Corinne’s mind that the man she had grabbed in the dark would be Jeremy. She instinctively took a step back to
get away from him.
However, coincidentally at that moment, the waiter who Jason had asked to bring a glass of juice for Corinne was coming up
from behind her with that glass of juice in his hand. The waiter did not expect Corinne to step back and was caught off guard,
causing the tray in his hand to nearly fall onto Corinne.
“Look out!”
Jeremy pulled Corinne into his embrace in the nick of time, and that was how Corinne was able to avoid knocking over the
waiter, who at the same time managed to stabilize the tray in his hand.
Not only did Corinne not get away from Jeremy, but she was actually closer to him more than ever. Her cheeks were squished
against his strong chest, and she could feel the air thickening with tension.
“Jeremy!” shouted Anya suddenly.
Her voice pulled Corinne out of her trance, and she looked to where Anya’s voice came from.
Anya was standing not far away from them with Joey in her arms. She blinked innocently and frowned. Lucas and Rosie were
also beside her, and the two of them were staring daggers at Corinne.
In that instant, Corinne quickly pulled herself away from Jeremy’s embrace to make room for Anya and Joey.
Anya walked over to Jeremy and said gently, “Jeremy, there was a blackout. Both Joey and I were so scared and he kept crying
for you.”