The Day I Kissed An Older Man

At that moment, Aaron was not his usual cheeky self. Instead, he said seriously, “Yes, Marcus might not be an outsider to you,
but he’s an outsider to the Holdens. How could you tell Marcus what happened when the Holdens are trying their best to bury the
news? Do you know just how severe the consequences would be if Marcus accidentally leaked the news?”
Annie was stunned. It finally dawned on her what she had done wrong. She quickly picked up her phone, and said, “I’ll text
Marcus now to tell him not to tell anybody about Uncle Jeremy.”
Aaron sighed helplessly as he watched her type on her phone. “The police are doing a DNA test on the dead body they found
yesterday. It’s going to take some time since they want to cover all of their bases. We’ll just have to sit tight and wait. There might
be a chance that the dead body doesn’t belong to Mister Jeremy.”
Annie hoped that was the case, too. However, she knew the chances were slim since the police found Jeremy’s ID card on the
burnt body yesterday.
“No matter whether the dead body is Mister Jeremy’s, the one thing we cannot do is to tell Corinne about this, understood?” said
Aaron.
Annie nodded. “Yes, understood. It was a good thing you stopped me from calling her yesterday. If not, I can’t imagine what
would happen to her...”
Aaron pulled out some tissues and passed them to her. “There, there. You can cry if you want.”
Annie took the tissues and wiped away her tears. “No matter what, we need to find the culprit who did this to Uncle Jeremy! We
must avenge him!”
“D*mn right you are,” said Aaron. However, he still did not wholly believe Jeremy was dead.
...
Meanwhile, at the Holdens’ mansion.
Sophia had rushed over when she received the news in the morning. Like Aaron, she did not believe Jeremy was actually dead.
The servants led her into the living room where Annie was sitting and crying sadly on the sofa.
“Francine, where’s Jeremy?” she asked after she ran over to her.

Francine looked up at her dazedly. “I assume you’re here because you’ve heard the news. Why are you asking me that?”
Sophia’s eyes instantly turned red. “No! I don’t believe it... That couldn’t have happened to Jeremy! It’s impossible...” she said
while shaking her head hysterically.
“You think I want to believe it either?” cried Francine.
Thinking that Francine might have gotten inaccurate news because she was just a kid, Sophia started looking around the room.
“Where are your grandparents? Have they looked into the matter? The dead body may not necessarily belong to Jeremy!”
“Grandma passed out from shock as soon as she heard the news yesterday, and Grandpa had a heart attack. He’s now in his
room with the family doctors monitoring him round the clock. I suggest you don’t do anything to cause them any further grief,”
said Francine weakly.
Sophia staggered back. “Why... Why is this happening? I just saw him yesterday! Why did he go to that abandoned factory in the
first place?!”
Francine did not have the strength to talk to Sophia anymore. It was not like anything she said then would be able to magically
bring Jeremy back to life.
Suddenly, Sophia remembered her father had a friend who worked as a police officer, so she quickly called her father. Her
expression changed subtly after she heard what her father relayed to her what his police friend told him.
She wiped her tears and then sat beside Annie.