The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1074

However, Corinne quickly took a deep breath to compose herself. All her hard work would be in vain if she blew up.

She smiled at Phoebe nonchalantly. "I hope you don't mind, Miss Phoebe, but I'm going to stay here for a while since you're not willing to let me take Joey with me. Plus, the mountain air will be good for the baby in my womb."

Joey looked up happily at Corinne when he heard she was going to stay.

Phoebe looked annoyed at first, but an idea suddenly came to her mind.

She smiled cunningly. "Of course you're more than welcome to stay. I was feeling a bit lonely anyway, so I'll be glad to have someone to talk to."

"Great. That settles it, then."

Tommy frowned with worry. "Ma'am, I don't think that's a…"

Corinne knew what he was going to say, so she chimed in, "It's going to be fine. I'm only going to stay for a few days."

After that, she stood up and took Joey's hand. "Joey, can you please give me a tour of the villa?"

It seemed Joey had become scared of human touch as he immediately shrank back his hand, but Corinne managed to keep a tight grip on it. All of sudden, he felt a sense of security and courage flowing from Corinne's hand to him, and he did not want to let go of that feeling.

Joey nodded docilely to show he was willing to show her around.

Joey wanted to stay with Corinne in her room, but Phoebe would not allow him to do that as she was worried Joey would snitch on her. So, she forced him to come with her.

Corinne wanted to keep Joey by her side too, but she decided not to say anything when she saw how insistent Phoebe was to stop that from happening. She consoled herself with the fact that at least Phoebe would not dare to hit Joey while she was in the summer villa for a few days. After all, the older woman would not want to be caught in the act, right?

Tommy stood guard at the door while Corinne took a nap inside the guest room, and he waved the servants away when they brought her some food. Even though she was staying there temporarily, he was determined that no food prepared in the villa should ever cross Corinne's lips.

'What if Miss Phoebe spiked the food with something?' he asked himself, not wanting to risk it.

It was better to be safe than sorry; he could not afford to let anything bad happen to Corinne and her baby.