The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 141

The pain from getting scalded was more unbearable than other injuries. It was the type of pain. that was not abrupt but a slow burn instead. The burning sensation would remain that it was possible to ignore.

Corinne nodded. “I had to do everything myself when I lived in the countryside. That meant chopping the wood, making the fire, and boiling water. At first, I didn’t know how to do it and ended up burning myself. It was so painful that I couldn’t sleep for the whole night!”

Jeremy’s eyebrows furrowed at this. Unknowingly, his eyes looked worried. “When did you start doing all that?”

Corinne answered faintly, “I can’t remember.”

Very often, she refused to talk about her childhood. If she accidentally brought it up, she would stop the topic immediately.

Jeremy placed his hand on top of her head and patted her like a little pet. “Did you have a bad childhood?”

“It’s not that bad.”

anyway: my family is very greedy. If they know about you and me, I’m

burn-aid cream entered his nostril and affected his mood. He narrowed his eyes darkly. “Is someone in your family bullying you? If you need it, I

and I don’t think we need to do anything extra for each other. Our relationship is going to end in three months’ time, and we’ll go back to treating each other as strangers like we just met. Our ties end then.”

that moment, Jeremy’s eyes looked cold and

brings it up so often? Treating each other as strangers when the time is up… Does she truly hope that she never knew

a deep voice, “Miss Corinne, you

eyes at him. She put the cap back on the burn-aid cream and passed it to him. “Here, take this cream. Remember to apply it twice a day. It’ll

take the cream. As a result,

none of them

They got down and went back to their

pretend to be a loving couple and sleep

room.

the study while Corinne went back

slept deeply while Jeremy smoked for the entire night in the