The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Maxwell could sense the hostility coming off of Corinne, so he said nothing else.
Everyone started to dig in while Anya and Phoebe were still standing, so they suppressed their anger and sat down dejectedly.
During the whole dinner, Cedric, Beatrice, and Lucas put their whole attention on Corinne. They piled food on her plate, worrying
she did not have enough while fearing the food was not to her liking.
Anya, the apple of everyone’s eye since she was a child, felt neglected like never before, thus ruining her appetite. She gritted
her teeth and glared at Corinne, cursing her in her heart.
Seeing this, Phoebe patted her thigh as a reminder to bide their time. After Anya calmed down, the two of them exchanged
glances with each other, both of them thinking of the plan they hatched moments ago.
“Hey, how could you all start without me? Why didn’t anyone ask me to come down for dinner?” said Sunny unhappily as he
came down the stairs.
Lucas looked at him and asked sternly, “Have you finished your homework?”
Sunny scratched his head guiltily. “I still have a little bit left, but I’m too hungry to think. Can I have my dinner first before
continuing?”
Lucas was in a good mood after seeing Corinne had eaten a lot of the salad he made, so he decided to go easy on Sunny. “Fine.
Sit down. It’s good of you to be here too since we have an important guest today.”
Sunny glanced at Corinne. ‘So the whole family is gathered here to eat dinner with Corinne. Heh! She must think she’s so great
now that even Lucas is treating her with respect.’
He decided to sit next to Lucas since it was rare to see him in a good mood. After that, he started shoving food into his mouth
while peeking at Corinne from time to time.
‘Why is Corinne sitting at Anya’s place? I bet Anya isn’t too happy about that.’ He then looked at Anya, who was sitting across
from him, and saw she did not look too happy nor was she eating. Instead, she was pushing her food around with her fork and
would glare at Corinne from time to time.
‘Heh, I was right; she’s not happy at all. But didn’t the two of them make up this afternoon? And didn’t she happily give a tour of
the house to Corinne? Sigh... I’ll never understand how women can go from friends to enemies in just a second.’

Suddenly, Phoebe remembered something. She stood up and said with a smile, “I forgot I’ve prepared some fresh pomegranate
juice for Corinne today. I thought she might prefer that to wine! Wait for me here. I’ll go get it from the kitchen now.”
After that, she pretended to excitedly run off to the kitchen. Anya’s heart began to beat with anticipation as their plan was in
motion. The pomegranate juice Phoebe was referring to had been mixed with a large amount of saffron.
‘Oh, I can’t wait to see Corinne getting what’s coming for her!’ she thought gleefully.
A few minutes later, Phoebe came back with a big glass jug filled with chilled pomegranate juice.