The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Aaron raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Oh? So you’re not here for me? Sorry, I shouldn’t have assumed.”
After that, he walked past her to go into his office.
Annie’s lips twitched out of anger and resignation. ‘He did that on purpose, I swear! How have I never noticed how much of a
scheming b*stard he could be?’
At that point, she had no choice but to wait for Marcus to finish his work so she could clear up the misunderstanding, explaining
what happened last night if she could.
Annie sighed and went to the cafeteria to begin the long wait.
Marcus’ meeting went on for two hours, and it was already lunchtime by the time it finished.
Staff began to flood into the cafeteria, and some of Annie’s ex-colleagues waved hello and dropped by for a chat when they saw
her.
Annie quickly finished her conversation with her ex-colleagues and went up to Marcus when she saw him walking in.
Marcus ignored her and proceeded to queue up to get his food.
Annie tugged his sleeves gently. “Marcus, let’s go have lunch outside. My treat.”
Marcus glanced at her coldly. “No, thanks. I still have work to do later, so I don’t have time to go out with you.”
Annie let go of his sleeves sheepishly. “Oh. I see. Okay, then. I’ll eat here with you so that I won’t take up too much of your time.”
Marcus ignored her again. He scooped some food into his plate and sat at an empty table.
Annie followed him timidly like a kid who was caught with her hand in the cookie jar. She then sat across from him and sincerely
apologized, “I’m sorry, Marcus, for not taking your feelings into consideration yesterday.”
Marcus took a bite of his food and scoffed. “You should ask Mister Aaron to have lunch with you instead of being here with me.”
Annie blinked back her tears. “It’s not what you think! Nothing is going on between me and Mister Aaron. He was there with me
yesterday because he’s a close friend of Corinne! I admit I used to have a crush on him, but I’ve totally given up on him. I swear
I’m taking our relationship seriously. I’ve been loyal to you from the moment I’ve agreed to be your girlfriend!”

Marcus’ eyes finally softened a little. After a brief moment of silence, he said, “Annie, if you’re serious about me, how about we
get married?”
‘What?!’ Annie thought she had heard wrong. “What... What did you just say?”
Marcus looked at her gently, like how he used to, and said seriously, “I said, how about we get married? Only then will I feel
secure in our relationship. I won’t have to worry about another man stealing you away then.”
‘Marriage? Is he really proposing to me right now? Here? In a cafeteria...? Isn’t he being a little too hasty?’ thought Annie.