The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne had put Jeremy’s T-shirt back on, but she doubled up with the jacket he had given her because she felt a little cold after letting in some outside air through the window.

“I heard you’re unemployed now?” Corinne heard Jeremy’s deep voice as she stared aimlessly at the passing scenery outside the car window.

Corinne’s lips twitched. “Yup, and it’s all thanks to you.”

Jeremy flipped through the documents in his hand. “I gave the company a chance, yet there were still mistakes that shouldn’t have happened. According to my standards, such a plan lacks any investment value.”

Corinne yawned, evidently because she was a little sleepy. “Oh, you don’t need to tell me why, mister. After all, I’m no longer an employee of Alpha Enterprises.”

Jeremy was speechless for a moment. He continued flipping through the documents and said in a casual tone, “If you’re looking for a company to do your internship, then—”

“Stop the car!” Corinne interrupted his sentence and stretched her head out of the car window. Her eyes seemed to be sparkling as if she had spotted something. As soon as the driver put his foot on the brakes, Corinne opened the door and went down.

In no time, she ran to the bus stop in front and jumped on the bus that had just arrived. She got a seat by the window, stretched out a hand from inside, and gave a thumbs-up to the Mercedes-Benz behind her. Then, she slowly flipped her thumbs-up to become a thumbs-down, clearly showing her contempt for them.

Her little hand retracted back into the bus as it drove away slowly.

Tommy’s temples were beginning to throb when he saw that. Corinne was truly a unique character. For the record, no one in the entire New Capital City—or even the whole country for that matter—would dare to show such rudeness in front of Jeremy.

“Sir, she took your suit jacket with her. The International Trade Center will be completed later in the afternoon, and you have to attend the ribbon-cutting…”

“Have someone bring me another one.”

Jeremy lowered his eyebrows and continued to look through the documents with a gloomy face.

“Right!” Tommy then said, “Sir, when your sister called me earlier, she told me that she was hospitalized.”

up slightly. “She was fine the last time I saw her. Why was she

is a bit of a clean freak, and she

what did the

some food, and she’ll be back to normal in a couple of days. Still, she’s making a big fuss about wanting you to get even for her and teach

tough personality, but she won’t take the initiative to cause any trouble. Let Francine learn her lesson this time. Hopefully, she’ll be able to keep her temper in check

tolerant Jeremy seemed to be toward Corinne. After thinking for a moment, he turned and sought further instructions. “Well… Miss Corinne was fired

on her during these three

“Understood!”

the impression that Jeremy had some other sort of feeling for Corinne, but after that remark, he concluded that he

for Jeremy was the daughter of the Riveras, and his feelings for her had not changed even after many years had passed. Unfortunately, the feud between the Holdens and the Riveras made it difficult for the two of them to get married. That was the reason that Jeremy remained single, and it was also why his grandfather was so anxious to force him

…

with that weird old man and stay at the Holdens’ residence for three months, she needed to have her

Sherlyn as soon as she went

had always put on airs in front of Corinne, and it was no different on that occasion when

it’s you. I thought it was

talk nonsense with Sherlyn, so she walked past her and went straight upstairs. Sherlyn, however, was hell-bent on standing in the way, and she did so while

come home last night, so

begin to explain, Sherlyn started yelling loudly, “Dad! Mom! Look

hearing Sherlyn’s yells, and he immediately pulled a long face when he saw the suit jacket on Corinne’s body. “Why are you wearing a man’s suit jacket, Corinne? What

How can you just strut around wearing a man’s clothes when you haven’t even gotten married yet? We Carews are a

and shouted, “Dad, Corinne spends her nights searching for men out on the streets even when she

he said angrily, “Tell me the truth, Corinne. What’s with the clothes

by accident this morning. I borrowed this

if anyone would

“Then, what were you doing when you were

there for one night. I’m coming back today to pack my stuff because I’ll be staying there in the future.” She regarded the Holdens’ house as a place that she was renting, with rent being the