The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jeremy, who was sitting at the head of the table of the meeting room in his company, immediately stood up. His usually aloof
face was riddled with rarely-seen anxiety. “What happened? Why are you in the hospital? Are you sick?”
‘I should’ve gone with her to the Riveras!’ he thought. ‘Did they hurt her again?’
All kinds of possible scenarios flashed through his mind, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Corinne’s lips twitched. “Mister, I’m okay.”
Jeremy frowned. “Why did you go to the hospital if you’re okay? By the way, which hospital are you at right now?”
Corinne was starting to get a headache. “Lucas broke his foot when he tried to save me from getting hit by a car. He can’t walk at
the moment and he lost his phone, so we have no way of contacting his family. I can’t carry him either, so...”
Jeremy heaved a sigh of relief. “You’re not allowed to carry him even if you have the strength to do so. Wait right there. I’ll be
there right away.”
“Okay,” Corinne replied with a nod before hanging up the phone.
Jeremy put away his phone and looked at his subordinates, who were looking back at him with mouths agape. “Meeting’s over,”
he announced coldly.
He then quickly walked out of the meeting room.
His subordinates immediately broke out in a spirited discussion after he left the room.
“Who do you think it was that called Mister Jeremy just now? It was the first time I ever saw him panicking like that.”
“It must be a woman!”
“I never heard that Mister Jeremy is in a relationship with anyone. He even ignored all the women who tried to get close to him!
There are even some rumors going around that Mister Jeremy doesn’t like women...”
“But I heard he got married recently!”
“What? He got married? That’s impossible. Given his status, he must’ve married some heiress, which means their marriage will
be splashed all over the news. And yet there’s not even a peep.”

“Maybe he wanted to keep everything low profile ’cause I heard his wife is so much younger than him. I also heard she’s not an
heiress but just an ordinary girl from an ordinary background...”
“That’s impossible! Absolutely impossible! No way would a prominent family like his allow him to marry some ordinary girl.
They’re all about marrying off their children to strengthen their business alliance.”
“Yeah, I think so, too! What I heard was that Mister Jeremy seems to be very close with Miss Anya, and there were talks of
marriage between them...”
“Miss Anya from the Rivera family? That’s even more impossible.”
“What? Why would you say that?”
“Yes, Miss Anya comes from a family just as prominent as Jeremy’s, but everyone knows there’s bad blood between the two
families. Their family would never allow them to get married to each other.”
“Oh. What a pity. I think they’re perfect for each other.”
“What are you all talking about? Haven’t you seen the scandal that’s been making rounds on the internet? It says the young
Missus Holden stole a university spot from a poor girl from the countryside. Mister Jeremy’s wife has been the trending topic for
a couple of days, and you all here are discussing whether he’s married? Don’t you know his wife is the reason our company
share price has been falling like crazy?”
“Wait, what? I didn’t read that news. An old-timer like me doesn’t spend his free time following trending topics.”
“But are the allegations true? Did Mister Jeremy’s wife really steal the university spot from that girl?”
“Beats me. But it might be true since the Holdens do have the capability to pull strings like that.”
“That’s crossing the line! It’s already hard for regular folks like that girl to have a chance at a brighter future, so how could Mister
Jeremy’s wife do something like that?”
Jeremy, who was sitting at the head of the table of the meeting room in his company, immediately stood up. His usually aloof
face was riddled with rarely-seen anxiety. “What happened? Why are you in the hospital? Are you sick?”
‘I should’ve gone with her to the Riveras!’ he thought. ‘Did they hurt her again?’
All kinds of possible scenarios flashed through his mind, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Corinne’s lips twitched. “Mister, I’m okay.”
Jeremy frowned. “Why did you go to the hospital if you’re okay? By the way, which hospital are you at right now?”
Corinne was starting to get a headache. “Lucas broke his foot when he tried to save me from getting hit by a car. He can’t walk at
the moment and he lost his phone, so we have no way of contacting his family. I can’t carry him either, so...”
Jeremy heaved a sigh of relief. “You’re not allowed to carry him even if you have the strength to do so. Wait right there. I’ll be
there right away.”
“Okay,” Corinne replied with a nod before hanging up the phone.
Jeremy put away his phone and looked at his subordinates, who were looking back at him with mouths agape. “Meeting’s over,”
he announced coldly.
He then quickly walked out of the meeting room.
His subordinates immediately broke out in a spirited discussion after he left the room.
“Who do you think it was that called Mister Jeremy just now? It was the first time I ever saw him panicking like that.”
“It must be a woman!”
“I never heard that Mister Jeremy is in a relationship with anyone. He even ignored all the women who tried to get close to him!
There are even some rumors going around that Mister Jeremy doesn’t like women...”
“But I heard he got married recently!”
“What? He got married? That’s impossible. Given his status, he must’ve married some heiress, which means their marriage will
be splashed all over the news. And yet there’s not even a peep.”
“Maybe he wanted to keep everything low profile ’cause I heard his wife is so much younger than him. I also heard she’s not an
heiress but just an ordinary girl from an ordinary background...”
“That’s impossible! Absolutely impossible! No way would a prominent family like his allow him to marry some ordinary
girl. They’re all about marrying off their children to strengthen their business alliance.”

“Yeah, I think so, too! What I heard was that Mister Jeremy seems to be very close with Miss Anya, and there were talks of
marriage between them...”
“Miss Anya from the Rivera family? That’s even more impossible.”
“What? Why would you say that?”
“Yes, Miss Anya comes from a family just as prominent as Jeremy’s, but everyone knows there’s bad blood between the two
families. Their family would never allow them to get married to each other.”
“Oh. What a pity. I think they’re perfect for each other.”
“What are you all talking about? Haven’t you seen the scandal that’s been making rounds on the internet? It says the young
Missus Holden stole a university spot from a poor girl from the countryside. Mister Jeremy’s wife has been the trending topic for
a couple of days, and you all here are discussing whether he’s married? Don’t you know his wife is the reason our company
share price has been falling like crazy?”
“Wait, what? I didn’t read that news. An old-timer like me doesn’t spend his free time following trending topics.”
“But are the allegations true? Did Mister Jeremy’s wife really steal the university spot from that girl?”
“Beats me. But it might be true since the Holdens do have the capability to pull strings like that.”
“That’s crossing the line! It’s already hard for regular folks like that girl to have a chance at a brighter future, so how could Mister
Jeremy’s wife do something like that?”