The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1397

"Hello, ma'am," came the voice on the other end of the phone. Only Tommy would call her that.

Corinne frowned and asked cautiously, "Why are you answering the phone? Aren't you with Jeremy?"

On the other end of the line, Tommy stood in the guest room of Adam Manor and watched anxiously as several professional doctors treated Jeremy's injuries. They tended to his flesh and skin wounds while applying bandages to his legs. Jeremy's face was pale, and there were glistening beads of sweat on his forehead due to the pain.

He had been with Jeremy for many years and had never seen him beaten up like that before. Jeremy might be able to endure that suffering, but Tommy could not bear to deal with it. However, confronting Adam directly would render Jeremy's earlier ordeal meaningless, and all the pain Jeremy went through would end up in vain.

Jeremy endured all that with the singular motive of ensuring that the marriage certificate to Sophia would be annulled without any complications. It would ensure that they no longer owed each other anything. He wanted to be with Corinne in an upfront manner and without any baggage.

Tommy remembered Jeremy's instructions when handing over the jacket, so he took a deep breath and pretended to answer calmly, "He fell asleep because he was a little tired."

'He fell asleep?' Corinne thought to herself. She felt that something was amiss because it was supposed to be daytime in Molomia. Jeremy had just arrived after a flight that lasted more than 20 hours, though, so he might have been exhausted from the jetlag.

"Have you reached Sophia's house?" she inquired.

Tommy felt guilty but managed to lie flawlessly. "We haven't arrived yet. Mister Jeremy is resting in the car. Would you like to speak with him? I can wake him up if you want."

After some consideration, Corinne decided against it. "It's fine. You don't have to wake him up. Let him sleep a little longer, but tell him to call me back when he wakes up."