The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 867
Corinne’s response took Lucas aback, but his eyes were then filled with admiration for his long -lost sister. “The difference
between her and Anya is quite stark. This is what my sister should be like an independent woman who’s not afraid to love and let
go at the same time! Anya only knows how to cry and act like a damsel in distress. I must be blind in the past to not see what a
drama queen she was.’
He took a deep breath before asking, “Corinne, did you come to work for me because you wanted to find out why Mom left our
home with you?”
“Yup, that’s right,” admitted Corinne. There was no reason to hide it as everything had come to this point.
Lucas sighed. “You don’t need to do that anymore. I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”
Corinne narrowed her eyes and said mockingly, “You’ll tell me? Hah! You’re just going to tell me Mom made a mistake and was
caught in bed with another man, and that’s why she was kicked out of the house.”
Lucas frowned. “I didn’t want to believe that either, Corinne, but...I did see Mom coming out of a hotel with another man.”
Corinne scoffed. “What about it? That’s not proof enough. I myself have come out of many hotels with many different men. Does
that mean I slept with all of them?”
Lucas’ face darkened. “Don’t speak nonsense like that!”
Corinne rolled her eyes. “No matter what happened back then, I’ll always believe my mother isn’t that kind of woman!”
Lucas was glad to see Corinne defending their mother vehemently. He nodded and said, “I believe Mom isn’t that kind of woman
too. That’s why I’ve asked my men to look into the matter all these years. Though, we haven’t found anything that proves
otherwise.”
Corinne was disappointed in him. “That doesn’t mean there isn’t anything! It doesn’t take a rocket genius to figure out who has
benefited the most from Mom getting kicked out of the house! That person is the biggest suspect...
“And you! You welcomed the thief into the house and treated her like your mother!”
Instead of being angry, Lucas just felt really misunderstood. He had never seen Phoebe as his mother. He only called her ‘Aunt
Phoebe’ out of respect for Anya, and he rarely talked to her unless it was necessary.

After Emily and Corinne left the house, a pregnant Phoebe came to force Maxwell to marry her. The only reason Cedric and
Beatrice would allow her to marry into the family was because she carried the bloodline of the Rivera family.
Thus, it stood to reason Lucas suspected Phoebe was the culprit behind Emily getting kicked out of the house. However, he was
just a kid then, so he faced one problem after another when he tried to look into the matter.
Later, when he took over the helm from Maxwell and got the power he needed, the first thing he did was to arrange for his men
to look into his mother’s ‘affair’ so he could clear up her name. Alas, they could not find conclusive evidence pointing to what
Phoebe had done.
The reason he told Corinne he did not find anything and asked her not to look into the matter anymore was because he did not
want her to go through all that effort to only come up empty- handed, and not because he thought their mother was promiscuous.
He also did not want Corinne to end up just like him-stuck in the past and feeling guilty over his inability to protect both Emily and
Corinne. It was just too tiring to live that way. Lucas did not explain himself to Corinne. He simply sighed and asked, “Where did
you Mom go after you two left the family? Why didn’t you two live together?”
Corinne frowned as a multitude of emotions welled up in her heart. “I don’t know what happened either. All my memories of that
time are a blur to me. I only know Mom entrusted me to the Carews, and she disappeared after that.”