"Oh. Well, Sophia was the only person when I went into her booth," replied Corinne.
"That's good. It'll be easier to settle the matter if her father isn't here," said Lucas.
Corinne observed Lucas quietly. Somehow, she could not help but feel something was not right.
Lucas knew Corinne was looking at him. He did have something on his mind, but he was not ready to reveal it to her yet. Thus, he turned to look out of the window to avoid her gaze since he could not control his expression well.
When he went to talk to the person in charge, the person showed him the surveillance footage to confirm his story.
On the screen, Lucas saw that Sophia had come with a man and a boy. Even though the man was in a wheelchair, he was sure that it was Jeremy.
Lucas could not really get a good look at the boy since the surveillance footage only managed to capture the top of his head due to his height. Based on his height, he looked to be the same age as Bryan and Christine.
Lucas did not dare tell Corinne about what he saw as he worried she would do something rash out of impulse. In the end, he decided to look into the matter before considering whether to involve Corinne.
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When they arrived at the Holdens' mansion, Corinne and the kids went inside after waving goodbye to Lucas.
Even though most of her time at the auction house was spent sitting on the chair, taking care of the three kids had taken a lot out of her. Moreover, she spent quite some time running frantically around the auction house's second floor to look for the missing 'Bryan'.
Thus, she was mentally and physically exhausted as well.
Francine came out to welcome them home. She lifted Christine and talked to her before she turned to Corinne, who seemed lost in thought. "Corinne, are you okay?" asked Francine. "Did the auction not go well?"
Corinne snapped out of her thoughts. "I saw Sophia. The land that we wanted to buy belongs to her father, Adam. She was there to artificially increase the price. In the end, we only managed to get the land at a price ten times more than the market price."
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...