The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Joey’s legs dangled helplessly in the air. He looked at Corinne with big sad puppy eyes while crying, “Sissy... Sissy!’
Jeremy frowned. He took a deep breath and said nothing else, but this just made Joey even more frightened.
There was nearly a ten-year age difference between Jeremy and Corinne. Joey calling her ‘Sissy’ only served to highlight the
generational gap between them.
Seeing this, Corinne quickly took Joey from Jeremy. “What are you doing? You’re scaring him!”
“Don’t you think it’s inappropriate for him to call you ‘Sissy?” asked Jeremy with a hardened expression.
Corinne rolled her eyes at him turning back to Joey. “Don’t mind him, Joey. You can call me anything you want. Sissy or Auntie
doesn’t make a difference to me,” she said while stroking his head.
Hearing this, Joey visibly relaxed. He nodded docilely and snuggled into Corinne’s shoulder.
As much as he was unhappy with Joey calling Corinne ‘Sissy’, Jeremy could not help but soften when he saw Corinne showering
Joey with love. He lifted her chin and asked, “Little rascal, you’re really willing to accept this child?”
Corinne scoffed. “You make it sound like I have a choice. I might not have the experience of being a stepmother, but what I’m
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Jeremy looked at her admiringly before kissing her forehead. “Thank you.”
‘What is he thanking me for?’ wondered Corinne. She did not feel like she had done anything worthy of being thanked, so the
kiss caught her off-guard.
“Anyway, I’m going to bring Joey down for breakfast now. Come join us after you’ve changed.”
After that, she—with a poker face—left the room with Joey.
Jeremy narrowed his eyes as he watched them leave. ‘Why do I get the sense she doesn’t want me anywhere near her?’
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Corinne exhaled softly the moment she was out of the room. She nearly caved in to Jeremy’s gentleness, but she was glad she
held her ground. ‘I’m not going to let him off the hook so easily!’ she swore to herself.
Joey looked at her curiously. ‘Auntie Sissy... Dada likes you?”
‘Auntie Sissy? Well, that’s new. But...’ Corinne looked at Joey a little embarrassedly. “Joey, do you know what it means to like
someone?”
Joey nodded seriously and tried to explain what he knew with his limited vocabulary, “It means...kissy kissy...”
Corinne was speechless. ‘That’s right... He was there when Jeremy kissed my forehead.’
She did not know how to explain such a complicated topic to Joey.
Joey blinked again, but this time in dismay. “Dada... No like... Mama... Dada no kiss Mama... Mama angry... Hit Joey...”
Corinne’s heart ached at this. Joey was of course talking about Anya. ‘Poor kid. Anya must’ve taken her anger out on him every
time she failed to get Jeremy’s attention.’