The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“Miss Sophia, it doesn’t seem like you’re being sincere. I can’t help but feel like you’re forcing me to go. It’s as if I’ll look like a
total b*tch if I don’t go.”
Sophia was so shocked by Corinne’s words that she did not know what to say.
Thus, she passed the invitation to Tommy before turning back to say to her, “Corinne, I was sincere when I said I wanted to invite
you, but I must’ve been too much in a rush to get you to agree. I’m sorry if I said anything to upset you. I’ll leave the invitation
with Tommy so you can come if you change your mind. Jeremy’s friends will be at the party too. I’ll be off, then. Goodbye.”
After that, she turned around and kindly reminded Tommy, “Tommy, do your best to take care of Corinne for Jeremy, okay?”
“Will do, Miss Sophia,” said Tommy with a nod.
Sophia smiled and walked toward the entrance.
Tommy did not see her off as he was worried that Corinne would be upset by him doing that. Not knowing what to do, he simply
stood with the invitation in his hand.
“Miss Corinne, forgive me for saying this, but I think you’ve misunderstood Mister Jeremy and Miss Sophia’s relationship. They’re
just friends. Miss Sophia has grown up abroad where the people there are more open-minded, so that’s why her behavior might
sometimes be frowned upon here. But she’s really not that bad of a person. They met each other when they studied abroad.”
Corinne smiled mockingly. “Just friends? Would a man get legally married to someone who’s just a friend?”
Tommy was dumbstruck. “So you knew about that! There’s an explanation for that though—”
“You don’t have to explain anything to me. Whatever it is, I have no interest in knowing the reason now,” interrupted Corinne.
After that, she went back into her room and shut the door loudly, leaving Tommy to sigh helplessly.
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Corinne continued to shop online for baby’s clothing. However, she could not get rid of her annoyance even when she saw the
cute baby clothing.
‘No matter what the reason or whether there’s really nothing going on between them, it doesn’t change the fact he lied to me,’
thought Corinne, and she did not want to spend the rest of her life with a liar.

When Xante and Aaron came back from work, they saw the invitation Sophia left. Annie and Sunny also dropped in for a visit, so
the four of them started discussing why Sophia would invite Corinne to her birthday party.
“I know who Sophia is. She was Uncle Jeremy’s university schoolmate. I heard she did Uncle Jeremy a big favor, which was why
he considered her as a friend. I can guarantee nothing is going on between them!” said Annie.
Sunny scoffed. “How can you guarantee that? It’s not like you were there when they studied abroad. Do you know Jeremy treats
Sophia better than he treats Corinne? My guess is she’s his first love!”
Annie glared at Sunny. “Stop saying nonsense like that! Uncle Jeremy’s first love is Corinne! He’s not a player, alright?!”
Sunny’s lips twitched. “Oh, please. He’s so handsome that women have been throwing themselves at him since his university
days. Do you seriously think he’d be able to resist them all the time? He’s a man, so he’s bound to slip up sometime!”
Annie put her hands on her hips. “Hmph! So what if the women threw themselves at him? You speak as if you’ve experienced it
before. Did you slip up too? Is that why you insisted Uncle Jeremy wouldn’t be able to resist either?”
“Nonsense! You better not spread rumors about me!” Sunny quickly turned to look at Xante. He was worried she would
misunderstand him, but she was actually scrolling through her phone. It seemed like she was not listening to their conversation
at all.
Annie rolled her eyes. “I can’t spread rumors about you, but you can spread rumors about Uncle Jeremy? You better watch what
you say, or I’m going to tell Lucas that you’ve been harassing girls at your school!”
Sunny’s face turned red. “Why you!”