The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 616
Corinne paused what she was doing for a second and simply said, “I know.”
Edmund was stunned. “If you knew, why didn’t you come back to talk to him? Surely any misunderstanding could be cleared up if
you just talked to Mister Jeremy face-to-face *
In the time he worked for Jeremy, Corinne was the first woman Edmund had met who never took Jeremy seriously. It was only
after getting to know her that he realized she was not the type of girl whose mission in life was to marry into a wealthy family, nor
did she intend to gain fame and status with the help of a man. In fact, marrying into the Holden family held no allure to her at all.
Simply put, Corinne was a straightforward, down-to-earth, independent, and mysterious girl. She knew what she wanted and was
not afraid to go after it. In the three months she lived in Holden’s estate, she never once overstepped her boundary.
She did her part in pretending to be Jeremy’s wife and did not attempt to use the Holden family’s influence or power to do
anything else. In fact, she showed great hesitation in letting others know she was Jeremy’s wife.
Corinne had always acted indifferent toward Jeremy. They slept in separate bedrooms, and she showed no interest in climbing
into his bed or trying to blackmail him into marrying her for real by getting pregnant with his child. It was because of all that and
more that Jeremy’s cold, cold heart started melting little by little until he found himself falling madly in love with her.
Edmund had witnessed Jeremy’s changing attitude toward Corinne. He knew that Jeremy had never shown anyone else except
for Corinne the level of patience he had shown her, or the way he smiled gently at her, or the way he would let her win just to see
her happy, or the time and effort he took in planning in confessing his feelings for her.....
In fact, Jeremy never smiled at Anya-who had saved his life-in the way he smiled at Corinne. He seemed to tolerate her rather
than actually liking her. Thus, Edmund could not figure out what happened between Jeremy and Corinne, who seemed to be
going great, to make the latter suddenly disappear a month ago.
In the month that Corinne had left, Jeremy went on with his life as usual, but sometimes, Edmund would catch him sighing
haplessly or zoning out. It was as if his soul was anywhere else but with him.
‘Mister Jeremy must be saddened to learn Miss Corinne married someone else when it took all that effort to finally find her... Oh,
why, Miss Corinne? Why did you run away when Mister Jeremy has been nothing “but good to you?’ Edmund lamented to
himself.

Corinne closed her eyes and fell silent for a moment. Suddenly, a smirk appeared on her face, and she said indifferently,
“Edmund, I admire your loyalty to Mister Jeremy, but here’s a little advice for you. It’s not enough to be only loyal, but one has to
be ethical too..
“Don’t you think Mister Jeremy is atrocious for making me believe he’s serious about me when he already has a child with Miss
Anya? I know you’re loyal to him, but that doesn’t give you the right to ask me to be his mistress!
“Besides, he can get any girl he wants with his money and status if he’s looking for some excitement. He only needs to crook his
finger, and many girls will throw themselves at him. As for me, I don’t have the Interest nor the time to do that, so please ask him
to go find someone else to toy around with!”
It suddenly dawned on Edmund that Corinne’s departure had something to do with Joey.
“Miss Corinne, it seems like you’ve misunderstood. Mister Jeremy-”
Edmund stopped himself from going further. He wanted to explain the whole thing to Corinne, but it was too complicated.
Besides, it was not in his place to tell her more than he should.
Corinne did not pursue the matter further. She busied herself with getting every drop of coffee off her before throwing the tissue
into the trash can in the car. Then, she looked outside the window and yawned lazily.
“It doesn’t matter if there’s a misunderstanding since we were never meant to be together in the first place. Our working
relationship ended as soon as the agreement was up. It’s best if we leave each other alone to live out the rest of our lives from
now on,” said Corinne eventually.
Edmund frowned.
“I guess she’s right since she’s married to another man now. It’s not like I can ask her to divorce her husband to be with Mister
Jeremy, but... It’s so sad how Jeremy is mistakenly thought of as a scumbag...’
Thinking of that, Edmund suddenly made up his mind to clear Jeremy’s name.
“Actually, Miss Corinne, Joey isn’t-”
However, before he could finish his sentence, Jeremy suddenly pulled open the back door and got into the back seat. In an
instant, the whole car was filled with his murderous aura.