The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“Fine. You can stay in your room instead of annoying me here if you don’t want to go back to work,” said Corinne.
Aaron revealed a vulnerable side of him that he would only show to Corinne. “Boss, I actually need your help with something.”
Corinne looked sideways at him. ‘I knew this was coming.’
“What?” she asked gruffly.
“Can you tell Annie I’m so sad that she’s ignoring me and choosing her boyfriend over me?” said Aaron cheekily.
Corinne was already annoyed by what happened, so she did not hesitate to push him away. “No! Not happening! Did you care
about what she was feeling when you asked her to buy you some condoms that one time?”
Aaron also knew he was guilty of that, but he still tried to defend himself. “That’s ’cause I didn’t like her then! Plus...it was you
who asked me to make her give up on me.”
Corinne glared at him. “So this is all my fault? I only ask you to stay away from her. I didn’t ask you to do something so hurtful!”
Aaron waved his hand. “No, no, it’s not your fault. In fact, it’s all my fault, and I really regret it! If it helps, I didn’t use the condoms
she bought. Can you please help me? This is about my lifetime happiness... Do you have the heart to watch me die alone?”
Corinne scoffed. “Sorry, but I don’t want to help you men anymore. You only want Annie because she’s with someone else now.
Let me ask you something: Would you still stay with her once the novelty wears off?”
“Of course I will!” answered Aaron unwaveringly. “I’m so sick of playing around with other girls that I don’t even want to look at
them anymore. Please, Boss! Please help me get Annie back. Pretty please?”
Corinne had never seen Aaron acting so stubborn about a woman before, so she thought he must be serious this time.
“Well... Let me think about it,” she said finally.
Aaron broke out in a happy grin. He knew that was as good as her agreeing to help him, so he hugged her and rubbed his face
onto her shoulder.
“You’re the best, Boss!”
Corinne simply rolled her eyes.

“Ahem!”
Someone suddenly cleared his throat, interrupting Corinne and Aaron’s conversation.
Aaron immediately straightened up himself and looked toward the door. Tommy stood still with a serious expression and looked
at them judgmentally.
“What are you clearing your throat for?” sneered Aaron with a raised eyebrow.
“Mister Aaron, please behave yourself and keep an appropriate distance from Miss Corinne,” replied Tommy.
Aaron had already let go of Corinne by then, but he hugged her again after Tommy said that. “What does my hugging Corinne
have anything to do with Mister Jeremy? He can come beat me up if he doesn’t like it!”
Tommy gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He would have beaten up Aaron if Corinne were not there.
“Mister Aaron, even if this has nothing to do with Mister Jeremy, you should know it’s dangerous to hug Miss Corinne so tightly
when she’s eight months pregnant. For the sake of her health, please let her go.”
Aaron found what he said reasonable so he let Corinne go. He then stood up and said, “Boss, don’t forget what you’ve promised
me. I’ll leave you to get some rest then.”
Corinne placed her palm on her forehead. ‘When did I ever promise to help me? I only said I’d think about it... Ugh. I should
really teach this punk a lesson sometime.’
Aaron chased Tommy from the doorway too as he walked out of the room. “Shoo! You need to keep an appropriate distance from
Corinne too, so stop looking into her room.”
Tommy was speechless. Not being able to offer up a retort, he quickly went back to his post at the main entrance.
...
When Annie came, Tommy was the one who opened the door for her.
“Tommy! What are you doing here?” she asked with surprise. “Oh, I know! Uncle Jeremy must be missing Corinne so much that
he came to visit her, right? Where is he right now? I bought some chocolates for Corinne so he can share them with her.”

Tommy shook his head. “Mister Jeremy isn’t here, Miss Annie.”