The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 287

“I didn’t want to give the nurses something to gossip about nor do I want to be involved in a love triangle with you and Miss Anya. I can’t think of anyone who’d be happy to have fingers being pointed at her and be called a mistress.”

Jeremy understood where she was coming from, but that only served to fuel his displeasure even more. “Corinne, aren’t you going to at least ask me what happened? Things are not as you believed, okay?”

Corinne was calm. “I don’t feel like there’s a need to ask, and there’s no need for you to explain yourself to me either. This isn’t like you. Others might think that you like me…”

Jeremy narrowed his eyes. Suddenly, he grabbed her jaw with his big hands and forcefully twisted her face to the side so that she had no choice but to look at him. “There’s no one here but us. Who are these others you speak of?”

Corinne was speechless.

Jeremy grabbed a few tissues and lightly wiped off some of the soup from Corinne’s lips. “Well, go on and say it. Who are these others you speak of?”

Corinne furrowed her eyebrows and pushed away his hand. ” Fine! I’m the one who might actually think that you like me. Anyone would’ve thought like this from the way you’ve been treating me!”

Jeremy grabbed her chin and forced her to look into his eyes again. He closed in on her face and said, “What if that’s what I want you to think?”

Corinne was stunned. “Mister, you shouldn’t joke about something like this. It’s… It’s not funny at all.”

In fact, she was disgusted by the suggestion. ‘I hate it when a man simply tells me he likes me when we haven’t even gotten to know each other. Besides, how can he suggest that when just yesterday, he proclaimed his love for Anya to the whole world? Does he take me for an idiot?‘ thought Corinne.

Jeremy stared deeply into Corinne’s resentful eyes. “You’re right. This isn’t like me at all. I wouldn’t have believed you if you had told my old self that a girl like you would have me wrapped around her little finger.”

‘What? I have him wrapped around my little finger?‘ thought Corinne incredulously. She was just about to argue back when Jeremy put a slightly cold finger on her lips. “Shh, don’t talk, and just listen to me.”

Corinne closed her mouth and looked quietly at him.

Jeremy put on a very serious and sincere expression. “I once said that I can give you everything except for my heart. There was simply no room in my heart for a woman in the life plan I had written in the past. Meeting you changed all that. I’m telling you all this now because I’m not afraid that you’ll laugh at me. I’ve only ever been with one woman in my life and that woman is you. That night, it wasn’t only because of the drug effect but also because…I already had feelings for you…” Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

A shockwave shot through Corinne’s heart. Her eyelashes quivered as she looked at him suspiciously. “Mister…are you kidding me?”

Jeremy could not believe that she still did not believe him after all he had said. He frowned slightly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. “You little rascal. I haven’t slept for two days, so please don’t annoy me further, okay? Won’t you just let me go to sleep with a clear mind?”

He let go of her and put his head on the sofa’s armrest. Having been mentally and physically exhausted, he soon closed his eyes.

Corinne’s heart tightened when she saw just how tired Jeremy was. She actually felt bad for him, even after telling herself she should not feel that way since Jeremy was the type of man who could get everything he wanted with a crook of his finger.

Nonetheless, she got up, picked up the blanket from her hospital bed, and then laid it over Jeremy. Then, she could not help but think just how handsome Jeremy was as she stared at his face.

‘I guess having slept with him is a win for me…‘ Corinne thought. She leaned in closer to take another good look at Jeremy when he suddenly opened his eyes, causing her to jump back in fright.

“Mister…you’re still awake?”

“Were you trying to steal a kiss from me?” asked Jeremy with one eyebrow raised.

“As if!” answered Corinne with a twitch of her mouth.

Jeremy narrowed his eyes and softly brushed his hand against her face. “Corinne, don’t ever keep me out again.”

“But I’ve let you in in the end,” said Corinne quizzically.

“I meant, out of your heart.”

Not one second after saying that, Jeremy fell into a deep sleep.

Corinne blinked foolishly a few times while staring at him. Her heart was in a mess.

The next day, Corinne woke up and rubbed her face against Jeremy’s arm, which she thought was her pillow. It was only when she wondered when her pillow became so hard that she opened her eyes just to discover that she had been sleeping by the crook of Jeremy’s arm all along.

Jeremy had been staring at her for god knew how long.

“Umm… Mister…how did we end up…falling asleep together?” she asked bashfully.

Luckily, she was saved from embarrassment when someone knocked on her door.

Jeremy got up to open the door.

“Good morning, Jeremy!” greeted Anya with a smile. She had a stainless steel food thermos in her hand. “My mom brought some homemade soup for me. I can’t possibly finish it all, so I’ve brought some to share with Corinne,” she said as she held up the food thermos.

Jeremy turned back to look at Corinne. “Do you want some soup?”

Corinne shook her head. She still had her doubts about Anya and thought it best not to eat anything she gave, especially not when she still had not recovered from her allergic reaction.

“She has been put on a strict diet on account of her allergic reactions,” said Jeremy as he turned back to Anya.

Anya nodded and smiled apologetically. “It’s my fault for not thinking it through…”

At that moment, a doctor followed by two police officers entered the ward.

“Miss Corinne, the police wish to speak to you.

Corinne’s face turned ashen. She frowned and asked, “Why are the police looking for me?”

The police officers showed her their IDs and said, “Miss Corinne, you’ll need to come down with us to the station. You are suspected of participating in illegal activities, and we require your cooperation to aid in the investigation.”