The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jason continued to walk beside Corinne. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively, “Corinne, I saw you accepting the supper
Jeremy brought you. Does that mean you’re willing to get back together with him?”
Corinne was a little taken aback by his question. However, she did not answer him. Instead, she asked him, “Mister Jason, do
you want to have some barbecued meat too?”
Jason was speechless. Even though she did not answer his question, he already guessed what it would be.
...
Back in the living room, everyone started to drool with hunger as soon as they smelled the barbecued food.
Corinne passed the takeout to Annie.
“You guys dig in first. I need to go to the toilet.”
Annie peeked into the takeout box after she took it from Corinne’s. “Is this from Uncle Jeremy?”
Corinne did not answer her. Instead, she turned and walked toward the bathroom.
“Who else could it be from?” Sunny stood up and opened up the takeout box excitedly. He then grabbed a skewer and passed it
to Xante, who accepted it as though it was the most natural thing to do in the world.
After that, Aaron grabbed two skewers too—one for himself and one for Annie.
“Thanks,” said Annie with a little surprise as she took the skewer from him.
Aaron smiled. “There’s no need to thank me; I wasn’t the one who bought it. You should thank your Uncle Jeremy instead.
Thanks to him, we get to enjoy barbecued food at such an early hour in the morning.”
Annie pulled back her lips. “You go and thank him, then! It’s not like you don’t have his number.”
Aaron merely stared at her smilingly.
At that moment, Annie’s phone rang. She quickly put down her food and walked away to take the call when she saw it was
Marcus who was calling her.

‘Sh*t, I forgot to update Marcus that everything’s okay. He must be sick with worry right now! I hope he won’t be mad at me,’
thought Annie.
She answered the phone once she was at a quieter place. “Hey, Marcus.”
“Annie, where are you? Are you not home yet?” asked Marcus sadly.
“I’m at the Riveras’. Corinne is staying here for the moment, so I followed her back. Sorry for not calling you to tell you just now,”
said Annie sheepishly.
Marcus smiled bitterly. “It’s fine. I’m just glad you’re okay. I was so worried about you just now...”
This made Annie feel even guiltier. “I’m really sorry, Marcus. I was so happy to see Uncle Jeremy and Corinne together that it
slipped my mind... Please don’t get angry at me...”
“I’m not angry, Annie. Really,” said Marcus.
“Phew! You don’t know how relieved I am to hear that. How about I make it up to you by buying a fancy lunch tomorrow? By the
way, have you finished your work?”
“Yup. All done.”
“Great! I’d feel even worse if your work got delayed because of me.”
“Annie, what time are you planning to go home? Do you need me to call you a car now?”
Annie did not want to trouble him since she knew he still had to work the next day.
“It’s okay, Marcus. Someone will give me a ride back later. You should go to sleep now since it’s going to be morning soon.”
Marcus fell silent for 30 seconds before asking awkwardly, “Who’s going to give you a ride back? Mister Aaron?”