The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“Don’t worry. I won’t ever bother you again,” said Sunny with a hardened expression. His fists were clenched tightly as though it took all of his willpower to make up his mind.

Xante’s expression remained the same when she heard that, but after a while, she smiled. “I’m glad to hear that.”

Then, without saying anything else, she got up and went back inside Corinne’s room.

Sunny unclenched his fists and hung his head low like a deflated balloon. He completely lost his usual arrogance.

“What are you doing here?” asked Lucas sternly as he walked over to him.

Sunny looked up and answered listlessly, “I heard Corinne’s water broke when I got home, so I rushed over to see her.”

Afraid that Sunny would only add to the chaos, Lucas frowned and said, “Go home if you’ve seen her. Get your stuff ready. Edmund will be taking you abroad next week.”

at Corinne’s hospital room door with a complicated

Sunny gone, Lucas went into her

had drifted off to

one look at Corinne, who was frowning in her sleep, to make sure she was sleeping

shook his head glumly. “Not at the

Mister Jeremy take

with a pained expression. “Did she ask about

nodded. “She did. But she must’ve sensed something was off ’cause she didn’t try to get

He was willing to let go of the grudge with the Holdens for her sake and allow her to marry Jeremy, but

need to reconsider allowing Corinne to marry Jeremy after we’ve found him,’ he told himself. ‘She’ll never know a day of peace if she

…

and Corinne recovered enough to be able to get out of bed and walk