The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne woke up to the sight of everyone standing around her and looking at her as though she was some rare animal.
Feeling terribly weak, as well as stinging pain in her lower body, she found herself unable to sit up.
“Well done, Corinne. You gave birth to a twin boy and girl!” said Annie, who was sitting by her bed with tears in her eyes.
‘Twin boy and girl? That can’t be right. I remember I gave birth to triplets...’ thought Corinne.
Corinne knew she was carrying triplets. It was not the case when she ran away from Jeremy. Due to the limitations then, she did
not go for her usual regular check-ups, so it was only until she got back to her doctor in New Capital City that she found out she
was carrying triplets.
“You did well, Corinne. Both of the babies are very healthy,” said Lucas as he stroked her forehead lovingly.
Corinne was still a little blurry from the pain, causing her to wonder if her memory of being told she was carrying a triplet by the
doctor was all in her imagination. “Where are my babies? I want to see them...”
Xante walked over and explained, “Boss, the babies needed to be in the incubator for the time being because they were born
prematurely, not to mention it was a twin birth. They came out only weighing less than eight pounds each. But don’t worry, they’re
both very healthy and are being looked after by nurses who are experienced in taking care of premature babies.”
Corinne was too weak to question anything else. She thought what Xante said must be true since she was her friend, so she
nodded and said, “Okay. I’m happy as long as they’re healthy. But do ask the nurse to bring them to me when they’re out of the
incubator.”
“Will do, Boss,” said Xante without hesitation.
After that, Corinne instinctively looked at each of the faces around her. She was obviously looking failed to locate him, she asked
in a lost voice, “Where’s Jeremy?”
Everyone fell silent for a minute.
Aaron was the first to break the silence. “He isn’t back yet. Since you gave birth earlier than expected, it’ll take him some time to
get back.”
Annie glanced at him and added, “A...Aaron’s right. Uncle Jeremy isn’t back yet. I’m sure he’ll rush over here to see you as soon
as his plane touches down!”

‘He isn’t back yet?’ thought Corinne with a frown. ‘How is that possible? I clearly remember seeing him in the delivery room. I
even bit his arm!’
Everyone’s face became guilt-ridden when they saw the lost look on Corinne’s face.
Jeremy had secretly snuck out with the first baby and seemingly vanished into thin air while everyone’s attention was on
Corinne. When it was all over, nobody could get him on the phone again.
They were afraid the news would send Corinne into unnecessary shock, so they had come to the consensus to hide the news
from her. It was best to find out where and why Jeremy had taken the first baby before telling her the whole story.
‘Could it be that I wanted to see him so much that it gave way to me hallucinating about him?’ thought Corinne, trying to get to
the bottom of it. ‘Jeremy should’ve landed by now, so why didn’t he come to see me?’
“Corinne, you should rest up. I’ve arranged for my bodyguards to keep watch of the babies, so don’t worry,” said Lucas in a bid to
distract her.
“Where’s my phone?” asked Corinne. She wanted to call Jeremy to tell him she had given birth to his babies and ask him why he
was not there with her. In fact, she would even throw in a few angry words for good measure.
Lucas frowned and stroked her pale cheeks. “Now, now. It’s not good to look at your phone when you’re still so weak from giving
birth. You need to give your eyes some time to rest, or they’ll go bad.”