The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 512
Corinne stood alone in the emergency lane. There was only pitch-black darkness around her which would sometimes be
punctuated with the light from an oncoming car.
It was dangerous to walk on a highway as one could accidentally get hit by a car, so Corinne did not walk along the highway after
she got out of the car. Instead, she turned on the flashlight on her phone so that the cars would know she was there and at the
same time, she called Xante.
“Xante, where are you?”
“I’m in Yrimir, remember? You were the one who asked me to come here to negotiate the buying of Vita Company. I took the
flight out this morning.”
Corinne pinched the space between her brows. ‘Ugh, the pregnancy brain must’ve made me forget that Xante is out of the
country.’
“What’s wrong, boss? How did Missus Benet’s birthday party go?”
“It was okay. Do take care of yourself while you’re in Yrimir. I’ll ask Aaron to pick me up instead.”
Corinne hung up the phone and called Aaron. However, after waiting and waiting, no one answered.
‘What the hell is that kid doing?’
Corinne looked around at her surroundings as the sound of the automated voice operator came on the phone. ‘Come on. Think,
Corinne! There must be some other way to get out of this,’ she thought with a frown.
If Corinne were in the past, she would not think twice about staying out in the cold and dark night all alone. After all, she had
been through worse when she was little. However, she was pregnant, and there was no way she would risk her baby’s life.
There was a risk of hypothermia if she stayed out on the highway, which would mean the baby would suffer as well, and there
was no medicine she could take. However, there was a chance her name would be all over tomorrow’s newspaper headline if
she were to call the police for help.
Just when she was going to give up and call the police, a glaring light suddenly shone on her, causing her to instinctively cover
her eyes with her arms. ‘What’s happening? Did someone’s car break down?’

Corinne slowly put down her arms and opened her eyes after the driver turned off the headlights and put on the hazard lights.
She saw Tommy coming down from the front passenger seat and walked matter-of-factly to her.
“Miss Carew, Mister Jeremy asked you to get in the car,” he said respectfully.
Corinne looked at the McLaren parked not far from where she was. ‘That car plate number seems familiar... It’s Jeremy’s car!
What’s he doing on the highway? Neither his office nor his home uses this highway!’
She thought about his offer and then said politely, “Tell him I said thanks but no thanks. I’m actually waiting for my friend to pick
me up.”
Corinne knew she had no right to get into Jeremy’s car because he had a wife and kid. Any woman with a good head on her
shoulder would have done the same as she did.
Tommy looked insistently at her and said, “Miss Carew, please don’t make this difficult for me. We can’t stop the car for long on
the highway. We’ll all be at risk if you don’t get into the car right now.”
Corinne was speechless. ‘Is he telling me that he’d have to stay with me here until I get into the car? Well, I shouldn’t be
surprised since Jeremy has never taken a no for an answer.’
She was visibly annoyed and at a loss for what to do at the same time. After thinking through, she checked the time on her
phone and saw it was close to midnight.
‘Well, I guess it’s better than asking the police for help.’