The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 736
Corinne looked at him cordially. “Do you still remember when I used to work in Rivera Group for a few days before you fired me?”
At the mention of that, Lucas became filled with shame and he quickly said, “You can come back to work for Rivera Group if you
want. I’ll give you any position you want and you can start at any date of your choosing.”
“Oh, you’re mistaken, Mister Lucas. What I meant to tell you is I hope you can pay me the salary you owed for those few days
‘cause I don’t like working for free,” said Corinne with a smile.
Lucas did a double take and looked at her with mixed feelings. ‘So it’s not about the money
after all. She just wants to make it clear that we have nothing to do with each other. In other words, she doesn’t want to accept
me as her brother!‘
Corinne raised her eyebrow. “What’s the matter? You don’t want to give me the money?” Lucas snapped out of his shock. “No,
that’s not it. I’m willing to give you whatever amount you want.”
He then took out his wallet from his pocket and signed a check for her.
Seeing this, Corinne mockingly said, “Are you trying to buy me off with a check again?” Lucas paused in his movement as he
suddenly recalled the times he bought Corinne off with a check. Once again, he became filled with guilt and shame. He quickly
put away the cheque and said, “I can wire you the money if you don’t like getting cheques from me.”
“I’ll take cash, thanks. You don’t need to go through all the trouble of writing a check or wiring me the money since the amount
from working those few days isn’t that big.”
After a few seconds of silence, Lucas said, “I don’t have a lot of cash on me right now but I’ll ask Edmund to deliver it to you
later.”
Corinne raised her eyebrow. “How much do you have right now?”
Lucas showed her the money he had in his wallet. “Around 275 dollars.”
“That’s more than enough.” Corinne stood up, walked over to Lucas, took his wallet off him, and counted 200 dollars. “According
to the market labor rate, 200 dollars would be more than the fair amount for the few days I’d worked but since I’d cinched a deal
for the company, we’ll just count the remainder as a little bonus for me. Is that okay with you?”

That amount of money was chump change for Lucas. Besides, money was not the important thing right now. He fixed his gaze at
Corinne, hoping against all hope that she would change her mind. “Luna...”
“Don’t call me that. My name is Corinne Carew,” interrupted Corinne. She did not like to be called by her old name.
Lucas had no choice but to follow her wishes “Corinne, I know it’ll take some time for you to accept me as your brother and to
forgive all the things I did to you in the past so I’ll try my best to give you some time to think about it. However, I hope you can
remember to come to me if your in–laws or Jeremy ever make trouble for you I promise to protect you from now on.
Corinne smiled. “That won’t be necessary, Mister Lucas. Unlike Miss Anya, I can protect myself. Plus, no one in their right mind
would dare to mess with me anyways.”
There were so many things Lucas wanted to say to her but he did not know where to begin so he simply looked at her with a
forlorn expression and with tired, bloodshot eyes.
At that moment, Bowen took a step forward and said politely, “Mister Lucas, our Ma’am would like to rest now. Please allow me
to escort you out.”
Lucas sighed heavily. He then threw a glance at Bowen before turning around to leave.
After coming out of the Holdens‘ mansion, Lucas saw his car was still parked at the gate. ‘Why is Edmund still here?‘