The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 8

Joanna hung up in such a hurry that Corinne was left listening to the dial tone before she could even ask anything.

Since she was still wrapped in a towel, she opened the closet to see if there were any clothes she could wear. Unfortunately, however, it was filled only with Jeremy’s clothes. With few choices available, she grabbed a random white T-shirt and put it on before hurrying out the door.

Jeremy’s T-shirts were sufficiently big for her that the hem reached down to her knees. It was the perfect size to be styled like one of those oversized casual shirt-dresses.

…

Upon reaching Alpha Enterprises, Corinne swiped her access card at the door, and Joanna—who seemed particularly agitated—ran out to find her.

“Corinne, you’re finally here! The manager wants you to go to his office immediately! You need to prepare yourself. Well, mentally, at least.”

“The manager is looking for me?”

It was rare to see Joanna looking so nervous.

“What happened?”

Joanna glanced left and right, making sure that no one was around. She then whispered to Corinne, “The company’s computers were all infected with a virus, and the system has crashed completely! All of the company’s important files were lost…”

Corinne frowned. “And what does that have to do with me? They should be calling a technician to fix it if the computer’s broken.”

Joanna was evidently anxious. “The technicians are doing their best to repair it. The point is, Zoey reportedly told the manager that the virus came from your computer after you downloaded a game using the company computer.

“To make things worse, the boss invited some big shots to take a look at the company’s new project today, but it’s impossible to recover the presentation file that our department has worked so hard on. The entire situation left the manager fuming, and he’ll definitely blame you right now!”

‘Zoey? Zoey Firwood? The one whom everyone says has inside connections in the company?’ Corinne thought.

Corinne, was still midway through their internship period. Their company, Alpha Enterprises, made the international top 500 list of companies. Annually, a large number of high-achieving students put in a tremendous amount of

Capital University, which was due in no small part to her excellent grades. On the other hand, rumor had it that Zoey was a relative of the

that year in Alpha Enterprises’ permanent employee

Corinne could form a rough idea of what

…

knocked on the door of the manager’s office, she heard Zoey’s voice from within. It sounded like Zoey

eventually! This is all Corinne’s fault for playing games

“Where is that blasted Corinne? Why

the door and pushed it

to clock in for work this late? You didn’t give any reasons for your absence from work yesterday either! What kind

a kind manner, “I’m sorry, sir. I got

you have applied for leave? What do you take the company for? Your own home? This is the first time I’ve seen an employee who does whatever they want at work! First, you were absent, then you came late today, and after that, you played computer games instead of doing your

in marriage. It is my first time, after all. I promise I’ll apply for leave

could not stand

say so. The cheek of you to use ‘marriage’ as an excuse! That’s the worst

door

imposing-looking man.

man who came with Alfred was none other than

up in a jolt and nodded at them before bowing to greet them.

the moment she

spacing out, so she casually turned her head to look at them. ‘That weird old man again? Why is he everywhere?’ Corinne gasped in stupefaction when she saw

Enterprises, asked with a serious expression, “What were you arguing about earlier, Richard? Did I hear something about the company’s computer

profusely as he pointed at Corinne and explained, “Mister Alfred, our company’s new intern played computer games during work hours, which then led to our systems becoming invaded by

he heard, Alfred asked, “What? Why is she still around then? Are you planning to give

at once. “No! Of course not, Mister Alfred! I’ll fire

Zoey’s lips

they were complete strangers and said icily, “Mister Alfred, it seems that I came