Corinne pursed her lips. "You were the one who left in such a hurry without waiting for me!"
Jeremy bent over slightly to touch her forehead. "This is my fault again?"
Corinne raised her chin. "Well, is it mine?"
"Okay, okay. It's my fault!" Jeremy pursed his lips and smiled helplessly. "Were you going to come with me to the company?"
Corinne shook her head. "No. I was going to ask you to drop me off at the Riveras."
Jeremy raised his eyebrow worriedly. "What business do you have going there?"
Something would always happen to her whenever she went to the Riveras, so it was understandable for Jeremy to worry about her when he knew she wanted to head there alone.
Corinne said firmly, "To deal with all those allegations online. A day has passed, so it's about time I settle everything."
Jeremy was startled for a moment before he realized what Corinne meant by that. "Was Anya behind all this?"
Corinne nodded. "She does things to the extreme sometimes. Since she can't have you to herself, she wants to destroy me by ruining my reputation. Whether or not the Holdens end up getting caught in the crossfire doesn't concern her anymore."
Jeremy raised his eyebrow. "I'll go with you, then."
Corinne shook her head. "No. You should go to the company now and try to get the company's stock market value under control. I can solve my problems."
Jeremy frowned and asked somewhat reproachingly, "Does that mean you don't need me anymore?"
Corinne knew Jeremy was worried about her, so she explained to him properly, "I still need you, but we have to prioritize what's important. If the Holdens' stock continues to drop, your dear grandpa might strangle me to death!"
Jeremy knew his grandfather's dictatorial character well. Corinne's logic made perfect sense too. He could only stroke her hair gently and say, "I won't go with you then, but I want Lucas to stay at home and keep an eye on things."
They got into the car right after that. Jeremy fastened her seat belt and then gave Lucas a call.
At that moment, Lucas was heading to the Rivera Group. As he sat in the car, he could not help himself from feeling nervous for the Holden Group after reading some news on the stock market.
He had never been interested to know what happened to the Holdens since his family did not get along well with theirs. However, he could no longer ignore anything that happened to Holdens.
His beloved younger sister married one of the Holdens by mistake. Whether he liked it or not, Jeremy was his brother-in-law. Any family feud had to be put aside for the sake of his younger sister, and he had to lend a helping hand whenever he could.
Although everything online at that moment was untrue, it all revolved around Corinne. If things were allowed to continue as they were, Corinne might have to face a difficult life at the Holdens. She would have nowhere else to go if things turned bad, especially since she would not want to be at the Riveras due to being estranged from him.
Lucas was deep in thought over how he could help the Holdens stabilize their plummeting position in the stock market. All of a sudden, his cell phone started ringing, and the caller was none other than Jeremy.
He looked rather surprised as he raised his eyebrows.
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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...