The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne smiled in a way that seemed polite and a little contemptuous altogether. “Is that so?”

Lucas nodded. “Yeah! What happened with our mother had nothing to do with you! Yes, they did for a brief moment suspect that you were a product of an affair because of the rumors going around, but after they calmed down, they realized how wrong they were.”

Corinne scoffed. “Oh, how nice of them to think that!”

Lucas sighed helplessly when he saw how stubborn Corinne was. His gaze went down to her protruding belly, and the worries of her leaving gripped him again. After thinking it over, he said, “Fine. I won’t talk about the past anymore. But you don’t want to see Jeremy, right? Well, I can guarantee he won’t bother you if you just stay here.”

Corinne was a little taken aback and, to be honest, very tempted by Lucas’ suggestion. She only came back to the city because Jeremy found out her hiding place in the countryside and also because the baby was about to be due.

Even though Jason said he would hire the best doctor to deliver the baby, she was still worried there might be complications during the delivery and that lives would be lost due to lack of hospital equipment.

any risk, but then again,

about Lucas’ suggestion, the more tempted

stay here? You know I don’t want

grandparents abroad to visit some relatives, and they won’t be back for three months. The only people here are me and Sunny. That means

nodded. “Okay. I’ll take your word. I hope you can make good on your guarantee to keep Jeremy as far away from me and the

fit to be your brother if I can’t even do something as easy as that,”

need to call my friends to let them know, or they’ll think I’ve been kidnapped

phone. “Here, use mine to call them. I’ll ask the servant to bring you

what happened. As much as Xante thought it was a bad idea for her to move in with Lucas, she knew nothing she said

and Aaron had