Joey's legs dangled helplessly in the air. He looked at Corinne with big sad puppy eyes while crying, "Sissy… Sissy!'
Jeremy frowned. He took a deep breath and said nothing else, but this just made Joey even more frightened.
There was nearly a ten-year age difference between Jeremy and Corinne. Joey calling her 'Sissy' only served to highlight the generational gap between them.
Seeing this, Corinne quickly took Joey from Jeremy. "What are you doing? You're scaring him!"
"Don't you think it's inappropriate for him to call you 'Sissy?" asked Jeremy with a hardened expression.
Corinne rolled her eyes at him turning back to Joey. "Don't mind him, Joey. You can call me anything you want. Sissy or Auntie doesn't make a difference to me," she said while stroking his head.
Hearing this, Joey visibly relaxed. He nodded docilely and snuggled into Corinne's shoulder.
As much as he was unhappy with Joey calling Corinne 'Sissy', Jeremy could not help but soften when he saw Corinne showering Joey with love. He lifted her chin and asked, "Little rascal, you're really willing to accept this child?"
Corinne scoffed. "You make it sound like I have a choice. I might not have the experience of being a stepmother, but what I'm good at is learning. In any case, it's better than leaving him with Miss Phoebe!"
Jeremy looked at her admiringly before kissing her forehead. "Thank you."
'What is he thanking me for?' wondered Corinne. She did not feel like she had done anything worthy of being thanked, so the kiss caught her off-guard.
Joey nodded seriously and tried to explain what he knew with his limited vocabulary, "It means…kissy kissy…"
Corinne was speechless. 'That's right… He was there when Jeremy kissed my forehead.'
She did not know how to explain such a complicated topic to Joey.
Joey blinked again, but this time in dismay. "Dada… No like… Mama… Dada no kiss Mama… Mama angry… Hit Joey…"
Corinne's heart ached at this. Joey was of course talking about Anya. 'Poor kid. Anya must've taken her anger out on him every time she failed to get Jeremy's attention.'
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...