The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 817

However, Corinne had her reason for ending the call so quickly. She heard a noise outside her window, and she did not tell Jeremy because she did not want to worry him.

After hanging up, she went to the window and peeked outside. 'Is anyone there?"

No one replied, which bewildered her as she was certain she heard something.

She then looked down, and her pupils dilated when she saw a child hanging precariously from the balcony railing of the next room. He could have fallen!

Although they were only on the second floor, it would still be dangerous for such a small child to fall from there.

"Don't move! It's dangerous!"

Without thinking twice, Corinne immediately stepped over the balcony railing to save the child. After grabbing him, she stepped over the balcony railing again and brought him into the room.

was, of course, none other than Joey-who Anya emotionally blackmailed Jeremy into adopting with her. His head was still thickly wrapped with bandages due to the

Joey down and got down to his eye level. "Why were you all

and fearfully stared at her.

was none too happy about being called a 'bad guy' after saving him.

"Mama..." answered Joey shakily.

chuckled wryly. "Then is your mama a

silent. The thought of Anya made him shake his head

he knows Anya's true colors... He must've suffered a lot

did you run off all alone? Don't you know how dangerous

okay? You could've fallen if I

complete sentence, so he just said the keywords, "Scare... Run... Oopsie

were you

looked around to make sure Anya was not around before crying and

plan having backfired, keeping him around was pointless.