The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne finally shifted her gaze from the television to Lucas. “Something I’ve been wishing for?”

‘Could it be…’

Lucas snapped his fingers, and the servants immediately brought in and lifted off the white dust-proof fabric covering the painting.

Corinne’s eyes instantly lit up. It was the self-portrait of Nellie Nymphaea!

The woman in the painting was looking down despairingly, yet her body language showed an unyielding thirst for life as though there was still something holding her back.

There were fine lines around her eyes and the two sides of her nose, so Corinne guessed her mother should be in her mid-thirties when she painted this self-portrait.

‘If this is Mom’s self-portrait, that means she managed to escape from being killed after she left me with the Carews,’ thought Corinne. She could not help but hope that her mother was still alive even until then.

Lucas’ expression subtly changed when he saw the painting. There were so many things he regretted when it came to his mother. Being 10 years older than Corinne, he remembered much more about Emily than his little sister.

After a while, Corinne snapped out of her trance. She then turned to Lucas and asked curiously, “How did you manage to get the painting in one day?”

thought Jeremy would not give her the painting no matter

went better than I expected! I went to find Jeremy this afternoon, and after I told him the purpose of my visit, he straight away ordered his men to bring the painting to

incredulous. “Really? He didn’t ask for

shook his head. “Nope. He didn’t

you I’d pay you back no matter how much it costs? I

looked deeply into her eyes as he explained, “I did give him the money, but he said he didn’t want it. He even told me to give the money to you since you’re the one who holds

lips. ‘Why does he still say that when we’re

draw a clear line between them, Corinne muttered, “Who wants his money? Forget it. I’ll just ask him how

money from me?” asked

her hand. “No. I have my

really looked forward to the day when Corinne would accept his care and money since that would mean she accepted him as her

the barbecue going and call you when the

she picked up

hesitated for a while before shooting off a message to