The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“I used to think you were no one special to me. I thought you were just one of the many girls who liked me because of my looks
or money. But I can’t help but feel like something’s missing in my life after you stopped coming to work. I kept imagining you
sitting at your desk, bringing me coffee, or... Well, you get the point.
“So imagine my surprise when I found myself jealous of Marcus after you two got together. How can you treat another man like
how you used to treat me? I couldn’t stand it! I couldn’t stand seeing you being nice to another man. I can’t!”
Annie was starting to get confused. ‘What is he doing? Is he trying to play the pity card?’
“Umm... Mister Aaron...”
Aaron rubbed his face against her shoulder. “So what do you say? Be my girlfriend? I promise I won’t flirt with any other woman if
you agree to be my girlfriend. I’ll only have eyes for you. So, please, please, please give me a chance.”
Annie’s breathing grew labored. Her brain told her she would only end up getting hurt if she agreed to be his girlfriend, but her
heart...
“No, Mister Aaron. What I want is a stable relationship and a simple life. While I admit that I still have feelings for you, I’m afraid
we’re not that compatible. It was naive of me to think I could change you with my love, but now I know that I can’t.
“You say you like me now, but you’ve been living a carefree life since you were young. How long do you think you can stay off
other women? A year? Half a year? Three months? In any case, I don’t think I can take it if you abandon me again while you go
around having affairs with other women. So...let’s just forget it.”
Annie felt Aaron’s body tense up when she said the last sentence.
“Are you seriously not going to consider it any further?” he asked.
Annie was not that resolute herself since Aaron was the man she was so madly in love with before.
Knock! Knock!
Suddenly, the sound of someone knocking on the door interrupted their conversation.
Aaron straightened himself and went over to open the door.
Corinne stood outside looking coldly at him.

“Hey, Boss. What’s up?” asked Aaron with his signature smile.
Corinne glanced inside the room. “Don’t you dare do anything to Annie. Give her a ride back later.”
“You got it, Boss,” answered Aaron with a nod.
Annie snapped out of her trance and walked over to them. “Corinne, I don’t want to go...”
Corinne’s eyes turned cold. “And why not?”
A chill ran up Annie’s spine. “B—Because I have a lot of things to talk to you about. I mean, we haven’t seen each other for so
long... So can I stay here for the night?”
Corinne did not even need to ask to know what Annie wanted to talk to her about.
Not wanting to hear anything about Jeremy, Corinne said, “We can talk tomorrow. I’m not in the mood to do anything today, so
you should go home.”