Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Day I Kissed An Older Man: Kabanata 1461 - Kabanata 1470

"Fine. You can eat with your hands this time. But promise me there'll be no more next time," said Corinne with a sigh when she saw his hands were sticky with barbecue sauce.'Bryan' quickly nodded and said, "I promise, Mommy! Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, Aunt Francine!"Corinne thought there was something off about 'Bryan', but she could not point out what she found so odd about him.He still looked the same as ever, but his behavior was very puzzling. Then again, kids could be unpredictable, so it still made some sort of sense.'Maybe I'm overthinking it. The white polo tee could be just a mistake on his kindergarten teacher's part… Just like Francine said,' she thought.Corinne took a few bites of her food absent-mindedly when her phone suddenly vibrated.She picked up her phone and saw it was a message from Lucas.[Corinne, I'm outside the mansion. Please come out if you're free. It's urgent.]Corinne stuck by her decision to not go back to being a Rivera, though she maintai

Lucas' eyes darkened with caution when he heard the name 'Brian Addison'.Corinne was observant enough to catch the changes in his eyes. "What's the matter? You don't like Brian Addison?"Lucas shook his head. "Brian Addison was the name Adam used when he was still living in this city."'What? They're the same person?' thought Corinne with shock. "Does that mean that piece of land belongs to Adam?"Lucas nodded. "What time is the auction tomorrow? I'll go with you.""It's at ten in the morning.""I'll come pick you up tomorrow then. Meeting's finished. Now ask the servants to carry the kids' gifts from the trunk inside.""Sure. By the way, thanks," replied Corinne absent-mindedly.A few moments later, a group of servants came out of the mansion to bring the gifts for the kids inside.Corinne watched Lucas' car leave with a thoughtful expression. She then looked down at the painting in her hand.'There's finally a lead on Mom. Maybe there'll be a lead on Jeremy too…'…The k

'Bryan' turned and pouted. "I need to poo too, and I'm worried you'll miss your auction, Mommy. Maybe Joey can come with me? I know where the restroom is!"Joey naturally was willing to accompany his little brother to the restroom. He happily jumped down from his chair and said, "Mommy, I'll take Bryan to the restroom! I promise I'll keep an eye on him. We'll be back in no time."As sensible as Joey was, Corinne was still reluctant to let two little boys go alone. Thus, she said to Edmund, who was standing by, "Edmund, it's not convenient for me to go into the men's restroom, so please look after them for me.""Of course, Miss Corinne," said Edmund with a respectful nod.Edmund took Joey and 'Bryan' to the restroom. Not long after that, the manager walked in with a few waitresses to serve them some imported snacks and milk-based beverages."Who else is there on the second floor?" asked Lucas nonchalantly.The manager's smile froze at the question. "Umm… Sorry, Mister Lucas. I can

Thus, Sophia had no choice but to suppress her anger. 'I'll show them what's what when we're home!' she thought.However, it was still hard for her to process her emotions so quickly, so she got up and said, "Please look after Benjamin while I go to the restroom."After that, she strode out of the private booth angrily.She had never been treated so badly by any other people in the world. The only two people who had ever made her that angry were Jeremy and Benjamin.It was very frustrating, to say the least.After Sophia went out, Jeremy looked down at the little boy in his lap. "Why did you say something like that?" he asked curiously.'Benjamin' did not feel like he had done anything wrong. He really did not like Sophia from the bottom of his heart."I just don't like her touching me!" he answered honestly.Jeremy frowned. "No matter what, she's still your mother. You can't talk like that to your mother. You must respect her."'Benjamin' understood that, but Sophia was not h

'Benjamin must be running very quickly so he could catch up to me,' thought Sophia. She was pleasantly surprised by Benjamin's gesture. 'I can't believe he's willing to apologize to me! Well, I guess there's a first for everything.'She decided to play the compassionate mother in front of Jeremy."Benjamin, I wasn't angry at you. But please don't speak like that to Mommy again. It breaks Mommy's heart whenever you say things like that."Benjamin had no idea what she was talking about. In fact, his dislike for Sophia increased after experiencing Corinne's warmth.He turned his head away to avoid looking at her and snuggled himself closer to Jeremy.Sophia's expression froze once more at being snubbed like that. However, she told herself that the kid was just feeling rotten from scraping his knees, so she decided not to pursue the matter.…The auction had not really started. Corinne and Lucas were having a casual chat about the competition they might face during the auction.Edm