The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Annie pouted. “No, I don’t want to leave! It’s nearly morning, anyway! Let me stay here with you until then, and I’ll take a cab
home after that.”
Marcus got angry at her because of Aaron, so she wanted to collect her thoughts before having any contact with Aaron. She
knew if she went downstairs then, Aaron would never let her go back home. It was best to stay with Corinne and leave after
Aaron had left.
“By the way, I managed to get some details about Sophia. Do you want to hear them?” said Annie in a tone that aimed to evoke
curiosity.
Corinne was resting against the headboard and scrolling through her phone. Her expression became slightly intrigued when she
heard that. She looked up and said to Annie, “Speak.”
Knowing she had gotten Corinne’s full attention, Annie sat on the floor and put her elbow on the bed, her chin resting in her hand
as she told Corinne what she knew.
“I’m sure you’ve noticed Uncle Jeremy kept a clear boundary between himself and Anya, even when he mistakenly thought she
saved him years ago. However, the same could not be said for Sophia as he would sometimes allow her to cross his boundary.
Do you know why that is?”
Corinne instinctively frowned. Thinking back, she realized Jeremy did not treat Sophia as coldly as he treated Anya. He forced
himself to endure whatever Anya wanted him to do as he felt like he owed her for saving his life. However, he was not so
sensitive toward his personal space when it came to Sophia.
‘What else could be the reason? It’s because they’re legally married!’ thought Corinne. Her chest would inevitably tighten at the
thought of that.
Her anger toward Jeremy came rushing back, and she wished to never see him again.
Seeing Corinne’s expression darkening, Annie quickly said, “Hey, let’s not get ahead of ourselves! Let me explain. When Uncle
Jeremy first met Sophia, he thought she was a guy. He treated her as he treated Zeke and Gerald for a long time. He was so
used to seeing Sophia as a guy that his senses toward her invading his personal space became blunted.”
Corinne looked at Annie with a frown. ‘What kind of stupid reason is that? She must be desperate for me to get back together
with Jeremy to think I’d fall for this lie. How can anyone mistake Sophia for a guy when she has huge boobs and a big *ss?’

“Corinne, you have to believe me. Look, here are some old pictures of Sophia.” Annie quickly took out her phone and showed
pictures to prove the validity of her words.
Corinne looked at her phone skeptically for a few seconds before her expression turned into one of shock.
She saw a very skinny Sophia dressed in a man’s T-shirt and shorts. What made her look even more like a guy was her buzzcut
and tanned skin. She had no makeup on and looked like she had not hit puberty yet since her chest was as flat as a guy’s.
Anyone would be rightly forgiven for mistaking her as a guy.
“This was how she looked when Uncle Jeremy first met her. She even pulled off playing for the men’s basketball team,” said
Annie disapprovingly. “I mean, knowing Uncle Jeremy, why would he be friends with a woman? I looked into their pasts and
found out he had been treating her as a guy friend all this while.”
Corinne scoffed after snapping out of her daze. “So what? It still doesn’t excuse him for hiding the fact that he’s legally married to
her from me.”
Annie’s eyes widened. “I’ve looked into that matter and feel like I must help him explain things to you. Back then, Uncle Jeremy
asked for Sophia’s help to pull off a fake marriage with him so Grandpa Greg would agree to go for his much-needed operation.
But Sophia’s flight got delayed due to bad weather on the day she was supposed to get married to Uncle Jeremy, and that was
when he met you.
“Strictly speaking, Uncle Jeremy never lied to you. At most, he decided to not tell you because he was worried you wouldn’t want
him anymore if you found out. He really cares about you, Corinne. He was going to tell you about Sophia after he revoked his
marriage with her.”