The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jeremy’s eyes darkened. “Corinne doesn’t want to accept you as her brother. Even if she does, I’ll never allow her to do that!”
Lucas frowned. “Why? Is it because you’re afraid the bad blood between our families will affect your relationship with Corinne?”
“Nothing can ever affect my relationship with Corinne. But, if she accepts your family as hers, it’ll make her position awkward in
my family. I can protect her when I’m with her, but it’s not like I can bring her along wherever I go.
“Plus, I know her; she won’t like for me to do that too. Given how hard her life was when she was young, I think it’s best if we
don’t add any more trouble for her. It’s not wrong to keep the status quo too, you know.”
After mulling over it, Lucas concluded that what Jeremy said was reasonable. “I’m all for keeping the status quo for now, but I
won’t stand by and do nothing if you hurt you.”
Jeremy drank a mouthful of the soda before saying confidently, “That’ll never happen.”
After a while, Edmund arrived at the apartment with the private nurse.
Corinne relayed the doctor’s orders to Edmund before leaving with Jeremy.
At first, Edmund was a little surprised to find Jeremy in Lucas’ apartment but less so after discovering Corinne was there too.
‘This apartment holds a special meaning to Mister Lucas,’ he thought. ‘He rarely allows anyone to come here. Even Miss Anya
hasn’t been here before. Miss Corinne, however, is his long-lost sister and the person he cares about the most. It’s not surprising
he’d allow her to come here.’
“Mister Lucas, how did you hurt your foot? Has the driver been caught yet? Should I ask someone to look into it,” Edmund asked.
“Jeremy will take care of that. Edmund, did you or the rest of the patrol team come across anyone suspicious when patrolling
around the Holdens’ mansion in the last few days?” replied Lucas.
Edmund shook his head. “None so far.”
Lucas narrowed his eyes. “Continue with the patrol, and remind them to be vigilant.”
“Yes, Mister Lucas!”
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Three days later, Corinne held a press conference at Central Park. Before that, Aaron was tasked with inviting all the major
media players at home and abroad as exam invigilators. The press conference was scheduled for eight o’clock in the morning,
but the park was already jam-packed with reporters and camera persons a little past seven o’clock.
Corinne was just a nobody to them. Before the scandal broke out, there was no information about her at all. The only people who
knew her were limited to her lecturers and ex-classmates at University of New Capital City.
Thus, the only reason why the major media players would be interested in her was because there was a rumor going around
online that she was Jeremy Holden’s wife. The Holden Group was the richest and more powerful company in the country, so any
news about it would definitely attract attention.
This morning, Jeremy drove to his company after dropping Corinne off at Central Park. Aaron and Xante’s car was parked
nearby, and Corinne went to look for them before the reporters found out she was there already.
It was not even half past seven when she got into their car, and she had no plans of getting out of the car until the press
conference began. She knew she would be hounded by the reporters to get an exclusive interview should she get out before
then.