The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 672
Anya only hesitated for a moment before quickly releasing her grip on the child’s hand. She remained calm and discreetly
covered the red marks on Joey’s body that she caused, then gently pulled him closer to her embrace, soothingly saying, “Don’t
cry, don’t cry, Mommy is here! Joey, don’t cry, everything is fine!”
Faced with the sudden change in his mother’s emotions, Joey’s crying subsided slightly, but he still felt. very confused about
what he did wrong.
Lucas approached, his clear and thoughtful eyes filled with doubt. “Anya, what happened? Why is the child crying like this?”
Anya looked up, her expression innocent and harmless. “Brother, you’re back! It’s, it’s nothing. Joey accidentally fell and hurt
himself just now. I was comforting him.”
The perplexity between Lucas’s eyebrows dissipated, and he gently touched Joey’s head. “A real man should be strong. You
can’t cry over a little bump or scratch!”
Joey’s face was tear-stained as he looked up at his uncle, With his limited language ability, he could not express his own
experience, but he felt wronged and pouted his lips.
Suddenly, his mother’s hand pinched him again, not too lightly or heavily. Joey’s fearful gaze once again turned to Anya.
In the face of her mother’s warning gaze, he dared not cry anymore or show any reaction. He was afraid of his mother, but he
also loved her.
He still remembered when his mother came to the orphanage to pick him up. At that time, he thought his mother was very
beautiful, and she would bring him lots of delicious food, change him into clean clothes, and gently play with him.
Since he could remember, he was roughly confined with other children in the orphanage, never experiencing such gentle care
from anyone.
However, after he was adopted, his mother of his became somewhat unpredictable.
Sometimes, he did not even know what he did wrong to make her unhappy, and she would pinch him, hit him, and scold him.
He did not mean to make his mother unhappy. He loved seeing his mother’s gentle smile toward him!

Joey snapped out of his thoughts, anxiously pursing his lips, and tried to please her. “Mommy, don’t be angry! Joey is sorry! Joey
is sorry!”
Anya smiled gently at him. “Hmm, good boy! Mommy isn’t angry. Silly child, how could Mommy be angry with little Joey!”
Upon hearing his mother say she wasn’t angry, Joey finally felt a bit relieved.
Anya continued, “Good boy, go outside and find Auntie who will take care of you for a while. Mommy needs to talk with Uncle. I’ll
come to find you later.”
Joey understood his mother’s words and nodded obediently. He then clumsily walked outside to find his caretaker.
After watching Joey leave, Anya stood up, looking somewhat melancholy, and turned to her brother.” Lucas, I’m sorry. You asked
me to accompany Corinne to the hospital today for her surgery, but I failed to watch over her.”
Lucas’s face grew serious. “Edmund already told me about today’s Incident. It’s not your fault. It’s Corinne
being too cunning.”
Helplessly, Anya let out a sigh. “Brother, just now Jeremy’s sister, Francine, called me. She said Corinne has already gone back
to the Holden’s estate with Jeremy. Jeremy doesn’t want me anymore.”
As she spoke, her voice choked up, sounding pitiful and aggrieved.
Lucas furrowed his brow and gently patted her shoulder, soothing her in a warm voice. “Anya, don’t worry. Anything you want,
including people, I guarantee they will be yours. No one can take them away from you.”
“Brother!” Anya pounced into her brother’s embrace, acting coquettishly, filled with reliance.
Lucas held his sister tightly. He truly felt heartbroken for his sister, thinking how she, at such a young age, was unable to have
her child due to a man’s actions and was callously abandoned by that same man. It was unfair and pitiful.
As her older brother, how could he stand by and watch his sister suffer like this?!
Meanwhile, at Holden’s estate.
Francine was crouching outside the bedroom door, eavesdropping on the activity inside.

What were Jeremy and Corinne doing in there? Why couldn’t she hear any sound at all?