The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne found what Sophia said laughable. “You want me to get out of your way too? Since when was I ever in your way?”
Sophia leaned in and whispered conspiratorially, “I don’t mean it in the physical sense but in the romantic sense.”
Corinne’s eyes turned cold. She found what Sophia said so absurd that she almost laughed. “What does your love life have to do
with me?”
Sophia was about to answer when she spotted someone appear behind Corinne. “Jason, what are you doing here?” she asked
with a smile.
Jason glanced at Corinne before smiling at Sophia. “I went out to make a call just now. What are you two girls talking about?”
Sophia looked at Jason and then at Corinne as realization hit her. Her grin became even wider as she said, “Corinne has taken
an interest in the paintings displayed in this room, so I came to walk with her since I don’t think she should be left alone in her
condition. But I have to entertain the other guests soon, so can you please stay with her, Jason?”
Jason smiled. “Of course. Leave her to me.”
A wicked glint flashed across Sophia’s eyes. “Okay, I’ll leave you two to it, then. Catch you later.”
After that, she started mingling with the crowd.
Jason turned back to look at Corinne after he made sure Sophia was nowhere to be seen. “Didn’t you say you wanted to go to
the restroom? Why are you here alone instead?”
“Can’t I take a look around after I’ve been to the restroom? Must I go back and be talked about by you guys as if I’m in some sort
of freakshow?”
Jason smiled and shrugged. “Hey, that’s not fair. I didn’t join in their conversation when they were talking about you.”
Corinne did not find Jason as annoying as usual. After all, she felt rather indebted to him.
“Let me guess, you can’t stand them either?”
“Yeah, I guess you can say that,” replied Jason with a smile.
Corinne nodded. “It was easy to tell.”

Jason smiled and looked down at her shoes. ‘Oh, good. She’s wearing flats instead of high heels. She’ll suffer the whole night if
she does.’
“You wanted to check out the paintings, right? Come on. I’ll go with you,” said Jason, gesturing with his chin for her to walk in
front of him.
Corinne frowned and said a little unhappily, “You don’t have to come with me. There are too many people here, and it’ll start a
gossip if they see you walking with me. I’ll be fine by myself, so you should join your friends instead.”
“Let them gossip about us! I don’t care. Your presence will help me keep the other women at bay,” said Jason.
“But I care! I don’t want to be the talk of the town for tonight.”
Jason smiled. “Oh, stop being such a worrywart. Everybody’s having too much fun to notice us. Let’s go. It’s best if I stay with
you. After all, it won’t be a laughing matter should you slip and fall in your condition.”
Corinne turned to look around. Jason was right. Everybody was having too much fun to even look at them. Sophia had spared no
expense for the party as she even hired the hottest rock band at that time to liven up the atmosphere.
Knowing Jason, Corinne knew he would not leave no matter what she said. Thus, she decided to let him accompany her while
she walked around the venue.
Jason was very thoughtful. He would steer her away gently when he saw someone was about to bump into her. However, what
they did not know was somewhere on top of the stairs, Jeremy was watching them with icy eyes.
Sophia passed Jeremy a glass of cocktail. “Jeremy, is Corinne close with Jason? They look like they’re getting on well with each
other.”
Jeremy narrowed his eyes. “What makes you think that?”