The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“Yeah, it’s probably Mister Aaron,” answered Annie honestly. “In fact, we came together, so he and Xante would give me a ride
back later.”
Marcus finally could not hold back the question he had been wanting to ask. “Annie, just what is your relationship with Mister
Aaron?”
Annie was taken aback by his question. “Marcus, why do you ask? Nothing is going on between us!” she said embarrassingly.
“In that case, why does it seem like he cares a lot about you? I even heard from my colleagues that you first came to work in the
company because of him! Is that true?”
“Uhhh... Yes. It’s true.”
Marcus felt unbelievably disappointed by Annie’s reply, but at the same time, he was grateful for her honesty.
“Annie, thank you for being honest with me. Then do you still like him now?”
Annie wanted to avoid answering this question but could not.
“It doesn’t matter whether I still like him or not because we’re never going to end up together. Marcus, you have nothing to worry
about. I promised to take our relationship seriously the moment I agreed to be your girlfriend.”
Marcus could not help but feel despondent. “Annie, how can I not worry when it feels like I’m an outsider in your world? I feel lost
and confused, do you know that?”
“Marcus, I—”
“Annie, I’m going to go pick you up now. I’ll believe you’re serious about me if you agree to let me do that, but if you don’t... Well,
I promise I won’t ever bother you again.”
After thinking it through, she said with some difficulty, “I’m really sorry, Marcus, but this isn’t a good time. Uncle Jeremy asked me
to stay with Corinne for the moment.”
Marcus let out a bitter chuckle. “Okay, I understand. I won’t ever bother you again. Goodbye, Annie.”
He then ended the call without waiting for Annie’s explanation.

Annie fell into a daze when she heard the beeps coming from her phone. ‘Did I just get dumped?’ she wondered.
Oddly enough, she did not feel sadness or anger.
She merely stood in a trance, her phone still pressed against her ear.
Corinne, who just came out from the bathroom, happened to see her in that position. “Annie? Are you okay?”
Annie instantly snapped out of her daze. She quickly put away her phone and nodded. “Yeah, I’m okay. Come, let’s go before the
rest of them finish the supper Uncle Jeremy specially bought for you!”
Corinne was not hungry at all, but it had been a long time since she had food from her favorite barbecue place, so she did not
mind eating it.
The two of them walked back to the living room and grabbed a skewer each.
Both Jason and Lucas were not interested in the supper at all, so they sat at the rattan chair near the floor-to-ceiling window
chatting.
“Lucas, how could you?” asked Jason with annoyance.
Even though Lucas sat somewhere a little far from Corinne, he still made sure to keep an eye on her every move out of worry.
“How could I, what?”
Jason sipped his coffee. “How could you not tell me Corinne was staying with you? Do you know I’ve been looking for her
everywhere for the past few days? Also, how could you not tell me she’s been kidnapped? Is this how you treat your closest
friend?”
Lucas glanced at him and said ruthlessly, “Why should I report Corinne’s every move to you when you’re not related to her in any
way?”
“Because I am her friend! Besides, you know very well I like her. As my friend, don’t you think you should give me more chances
to get close to her?”
“Oh, please. You’re not worthy to be with her at all,” said Lucas with disgust.

Jason raised an eyebrow. “I’m not worthy while Jeremy is? Lucas, don’t tell me you think Jeremy—your nemesis—is better than
me!”
Lucas frowned with worry. “He’s even more unworthy than you, but what can I do when Corinne likes him?”