The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1718

Corinne's voice was soft, and her eyes were filled with sincere maternal love. Seeing this, Joey could not help but throw himself into her embrace. However, the next second, he sobered up to the fact he should not vie for Corinne's love and attention with the other kids since he was not her son by birth. Otherwise, he would get sent away to live somewhere else.

"Thank you for being so good to me all the time, Mommy. But I'm a big boy now, so I need to learn to be independent. I'm going to sleep alone from now on," said Joey seriously.

"You're only five years old. There'll be plenty of time for you to learn to be independent when you're older," said Corinne helplessly.

Joey pursed his lips tightly as if trying to keep himself from crying.

Seeing this, Corinne gave up on persuading him. She gently stroked his head and said, "Okay. You can sleep alone if you want to. I'm not going to bother you. But you can come find me whenever you miss me, okay?"

Joey nodded. "Okay."

Corinne stood up. "Enjoy reading your book, then. I'll call you when dinner's ready."

"Okay, Mommy…" said Joey sadly as he watched her turn around. He did not actually want her to go. He wanted her to spend more time with him, but he did not dare to tell her as he felt like he did not have the right to do that.

'Mommy's probably going back to spend time with Bryan and Christine, so I shouldn't stop her…' he thought.

What he did not know was Corinne went down to the kitchen instead of Bryan and Christine's room. She was starving, so she went to the kitchen to find something to eat, and also to ask the kitchen staff to cook something nice for the kids.

Sophia frowned. "Dad! How many times do I have to tell you not to call Zachary an invalid? And yes, I learned to cook for him. I feel incredibly happy when I see him eating the food I cook!"

'Huh! This silly girl knows nothing at all. He should be the one cooking for her if he really loves her,' thought Adam. He did not say it out loud as he did not want to hurt Sophia. However, he did not really expect that his daughter, who never stepped foot in a kitchen at home before, would learn how to cook for a useless man!

Sophia used to always complain that the smoke and grease in the kitchen would cause her skin to age faster, so she avoided the kitchen like the plague.

'Yet that stupid invalid is treating her like a maid? Huh!'