The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jeremy glared at Sophia to let her know she misspoke.
Sophia never received such icy treatment from Jeremy before. Even though he looked pale and harmless sitting in a wheelchair,
she could not help but feel chilled to her bones by Jeremy’s threatening aura.
“From the way I see it, Corinne growing up in the countryside is one of her strengths and not something to be ashamed of. I
alone know how capable she is, and I feel like I’ve used up all of my luck for three lives for her to agree to marry me.
“Plus, I don’t need my wife to come from the same status or background as me. It doesn’t matter where she came from or what
her background is... All of that isn’t important to me, because the most important thing to me is that I love her.”
‘I love her...’ Those three little words caused Sophia’s face to darken.
She gritted her teeth and said, “Jeremy, why don’t you underst—”
“I understand everything now. I understand why you volunteered to help me out back then,” interrupted Jeremy impatiently. “You
say you’re helping me out as a friend, but you never planned to revoke our marriage from the start. Don’t make me hate you
completely when I’ve lost the gratitude I felt for you already.”
Sophia’s heart ached when she heard the word ‘hate’ from the lips of the man she had been secretly loving for the past 10 years.
After all, it took her a lot of courage to finally tell him how she felt, and all she got in return was his annoyance and hate.
After a long while, she suddenly smiled bitterly as though she had given up. “Sorry to disappoint you, Jeremy. Think nothing of it,
then.”
Jeremy turned his head away and fell silent. He did not even want to waste any second pretending to be anything but mad at
Sophia.
Sophia chuckled bitterly before saying, “Jeremy, I’m a little hungry. Can we at least have breakfast before going to the city hall?”
“No. It won’t take long to revoke the marriage license. You can have breakfast after that.”
Sophia frowned with obvious hurt. “Jeremy... Do you hate me so much that you won’t even have breakfast with me?”
“There’s really no need.”

“Jeremy, you say you love Corinne. You should know how much it hurts to not have your feelings returned, right?!” screamed
Sophia a little hysterically. “I love you as much as you love Corinne. And we’re never going to see each other again after
revoking our marriage. Even if you don’t have feelings for me, can we at least have a last meal together seeing as we used to be
friends before? Please, Jeremy, I beg of you!”
Jeremy frowned. After giving it some thought, he finally said, “If you insist on having one last meal together, we can eat after
we’ve revoked our marriage.”
Sophia laughed self-deprecatingly. “I never knew you hated me this much, Jeremy. Heh... Fine. Let’s have the meal together
after we’ve revoked our marriage. At least we have a clear end to our relationship.”
The only response she got from Jeremy after that was calm silence.