The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1066

Corinne waved her hand. "You don't have to say anything; my mind is made up. Have the car wait for me at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. And don't tell Grandma Pamela anything about this—I don't want her to worry."

As reluctant as Tommy was about the plan, he did not try to convince her otherwise. Instead, he nodded and said, "Yes, Ma'am."

"That'll be all for now. You may leave now."

"Yes, Ma'am."

After Tommy left, Corinne stayed seated on the chair. 'Ugh, this is so tiring,' she thought while rubbing her temples. She would have preferred to ask Aaron to help with the arrangement, but he had not returned from attending a seminar abroad.

Xante, too, was not in the city, and Corinne did not want to ask her to come back for such a trivial matter. Thus, that left only Tommy to handle the arrangement. It was just as well as it would make it look more legit if a staff member from the Holden family helped Corinne request an audience with Phoebe.

After all, out of the two of them, only Jeremy was Joey's legal guardian.

'I hope Phoebe won't treat Joey too harshly…' thought Corinne while rubbing her pregnant belly as though it would make the baby grow faster. Perhaps it was her maternal instincts kicking in as she would be a mother, but she could not bear to see any kid suffering.

After a while, Corinne walked out of the study, only to bump into Francine and Chester.

Chester had just finished tutoring Francine and was about to leave. Whenever Chester was around, Francine would tamp down her overbearing attitude in favor of a more demure, ladylike attitude.

Chester's eyes immediately lit up when he saw Corinne. "Hey, Corinne."

"Corinne, I heard from Francine that you were hospitalized a few days ago. How are you feeling now?" Chester looked at Corinne all over as though he was checking for any injury.

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking. It's getting late, so you should head home now. Francine, why don't you ask Bowen to get one of the servants to give Chester a ride home?"

Francine lifted her chin proudly. "I don't need you to tell me to do that. I've already had that in mind."

"Good," said Corinne. After that, she turned to leave for her room, thinking she should take a shower before the night got too cold.

"Corinne, wait! I… I have something I want to talk to you about."