The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne waved her hand. “You don’t have to say anything; my mind is made up. Have the car wait for me at eight o’clock tomorrow morning. And don’t tell Grandma Pamela anything about this—I don’t want her to worry.”

As reluctant as Tommy was about the plan, he did not try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he nodded and said, “Yes, Ma’am.”

“That’ll be all for now. You may leave now.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

After Tommy left, Corinne stayed seated on the chair. ‘Ugh, this is so tiring,’ she thought while rubbing her temples. She would have preferred to ask Aaron to help with the arrangement, but he had not returned from attending a seminar abroad.

Xante, too, was not in the city, and Corinne did not want to ask her to come back for such a trivial matter. Thus, that left only Tommy to handle the arrangement. It was just as well as it would make it look more legit if a staff member from the Holden family helped Corinne request an audience with Phoebe.

After all, out of the two of them, only Jeremy was Joey’s legal guardian.

faster. Perhaps it was her maternal instincts kicking in as she would be a mother, but she could not bear

out of the study,

was about to leave. Whenever Chester was around,

lit up when

smiled at him. “Hey, Chester.

is all mine. I’m sure people will be fighting over my job if they know I get to work in such a luxurious environment. Plus, the job itself isn’t too hard either,” said Chester with

glad you don’t find her

was

a kind and patient guy. He shook his head and said, “Francine does lack the basics in some subjects, but she more than makes up for it with her eagerness

quickly forgot about her resentment toward Corinne

Francine was. ‘I wonder if she would’ve been that eager to learn if her tutor was anyone else. Oh well, I guess this is what they called the power