The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Marcus felt helpless after hearing what Annie said. He hesitated for a while before nodding and saying, “I’ll go back home and
complete my tasks, then. Give me a call when you’re home.”
Annie nodded. “I will. Don’t worry. I’ll call you as soon as I get home!”
Marcus hugged Annie tightly as if he did not want to leave her alone. He looked intently at Aaron before turning and hailing a taxi
to leave.
Annie was a little stiff after Marcus hugged her. She had been dating Marcus for a long time, but they never did anything
particularly intimate. She always subconsciously avoided Marcus’s attempts to get close to her.
She treated her relationship with Marcus seriously, and she felt that Marcus was a genuinely good person. She just found it
difficult and awkward to get closer to Marcus for reasons even she was unable to explain.
Amid her surprise, she heard Aaron’s gentle voice telling her, “Let’s get in the car. It’s getting cold.”
Annie snapped back to her senses. She looked into Aaron’s eyes and subconsciously avoided them. However, she nodded and
accepted his offer to get into the back seat of the car.
Aaron joined her in the back seat too, which made Annie feel a little awkward as she thought they were the only two people in
the car. That feeling soon passed when she saw Xante sitting in the front passenger seat.
Xante did not want to be the third wheel. She was considerate enough to raise the partition separating the front seats and the
back seats.
Annie was speechless, and she immediately regretted getting into the car.
Aaron could sense Annie’s awkwardness, so he chuckled and asked, “Why are you so nervous? I won’t eat you.”
Annie pursed her lips. “I’m not nervous! I’m just worried about Uncle Jeremy.”
Aaron shifted slightly and deliberately sat closer to her. “Are you sure it isn’t because of me?”
“W—W—What are you doing?” Annie was startled by Aaron’s actions and looked nervously at him.
Aaron smiled at her. “And you said you weren’t nervous because of me.”

Annie looked away in embarrassment. “Stop! Don’t do this! You’re using my boyfriend’s absence as an excuse to cross the line!
I’ll get off if you keep doing this!”
Aaron stopped teasing her and moved a little further away. He sighed sadly and asked, “How many times have you two
hugged?”
“What?” Annie’s mind went blank for a moment.
Aaron asked, “How many times have you and Marcus hugged like that?”
Annie frowned. She was confused by his question, so she asked, “Why should I answer that kind of question?”
Aaron looked at her and smiled bitterly. “You don’t need to answer. I just couldn’t help myself from asking because I’m jealous.”
Annie’s heart skipped a beat. ‘What did he just say?’
Aaron smiled self-deprecatingly. “This is the first time a woman has ever made me feel jealous. I now understand how
uncomfortable this feeling is.”
Annie’s heartbeat quickened uncontrollably as she looked at Aaron. She could not tell from his handsome face whether he was
telling the truth, but she felt increasingly drawn to him despite knowing it was wrong to feel that way. She should not develop
those feelings for another man after Marcus left!
Aaron asked, “Am I never going to get another chance?”
Annie was aghast. She forced herself to turn around and look at the police station door. “Now isn’t the time to talk about this!
Please stop talking! I just want to wait for Uncle Jeremy to come out with Corinne!”