The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 767
“I know it was wrong of me for not taking good care of Joey...but please don’t give him away. I promise I’ll be a better mother to
him from now on!” Anya pleaded tearfully.
The sight of her was enough to give Lucas a headache. He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “Fine ... Just look after him
now while I go out to take a call.”
He then fished out his vibrating phone and turned to leave the room, but before he could even take a step, Joey shakily grabbed
Lucas’ hand. “Uncle...don’t go...” he said weakly.
Joey wanted to tell Lucas he was scared of being left alone with Anya, who would turn into a monster when no one was around,
but he could not.
Lucas had no idea what Joey was thinking, so he simply stroked his cheek and said coaxingly, “Be a good boy, Joey. I promise
I’ll be back in a jiffy, okay? And in the meantime, your mommy will stay here with you.” “Uncle...don’t go... I...scared,” said Joey
fearfully. He looked like he was about to cry.
Lucas immediately became suspicious of Anya when he saw how frightened Joey was at being left alone with her. ‘Is he actually
afraid of...Anya? When did he become so afraid of her? Did Anya lose her patience and blow up at him?”
His phone kept vibrating. It was an important work call, so he had no choice but to take it. After cooing gently at Joey, he quickly
left the room..
Joey reached out his hand helplessly as he watched Lucas leave the room, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach
him.
Once the door closed and the sound of Lucas’ footsteps faded, Anya immediately slapped Joey’s face. “D *mn you, you little
brat! Why did you do that? Do you want everyone in the world to find out just how scared you are of me?”
Joey immediately burst out in tears. He started blubbering with what limited words he had, “Mama...sorry
Joey bad...”
His crying only made Anya angrier. She slapped him again, but this time on the mouth. “Stop crying right now! If you don’t, I’ll
make sure I’ll give you something to cry for when we’re home!”

Joey bit his bottom lip to stop himself from crying, but there was no stopping the fear and sadness in his heart.
A few minutes later, Lucas came back into the room, and the first thing he noticed was how red Joey’s face was and how he had
tear stains on his cheek.
“What happened? I haven’t been out for five minutes, so how did Joey’s face become so red?” asked Lucas with a frown.
“Didn’t I tell you Joey’s fever would start burning again whenever Jeremy’s not with him?” said Anya helplessly, pretending to be
worried sick about Joey.
Lucas placed his hand on top of Joey’s cheek; it was burning hot! He sat down and said gently, “There, there, little guy. Uncle’s
here now, and the doctor will be here soon so chin up.”
Joey dared not cry or speak after having suffered through Anya’s violence moments ago. He simply nodded weakly.
Suddenly, Anya thought up a reason to go downstairs. “Lucas, I have some fever-cooling patches in my bag downstairs. I’ll go
get them now.”
“Okay, but be quick about it,” warned Lucas.
“You got it!” said Anya. She then left the room and made her way downstairs, all the while smiling smugly.