The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“Wait!” Corinne stopped Anya.

Anya moved the wine glass away from her lips and looked at her in puzzlement. “What’s the matter, Corinne?”

Corinne frowned subtly. “I remember your health is in poor condition, right? You shouldn’t drink chilled wine, then. Why don’t you drink the same juice as me? After all, Miss Phoebe. went through all that trouble to make the juice for us girls.”

Anya smiled stiffly. “That’s okay. You can have all the juice. Plus, I wouldn’t look sincere if I don’t give a toast to you with wine! And don’t worry about my health. A little wine like this won’t hurt.”

“But then I wouldn’t look sincere if I toast you with my juice… Oh, forget it then. Let’s just not drink toast.”

Corinne put down her glass of juice on the table.

Both Phoebe and Anya panicked when they saw this. ‘Our plan will be useless if Corinne doesn’t drink the juice! And who knows when a chance like this will come again!’

juice as you, then. Mom, can you please pour me a glass of juice? It’s the least I can do to

would do this. ‘No… She can’t drink it. The saffron inside isn’t

Phoebe, why aren’t you

awkwardly. She walked over to Anya with the jug of juice in her hand

me the juice, Mom! We shouldn’t make Corinne wait.” Anya was determined to get rid of the baby in Corinne’s tummy. Besides, she

close!’ thought Phoebe. Thus, she decided to bite the bullet and

turning back. Resolutely, she raised her glass of juice and said,

smiled,

thought of Corinne

downing the whole glass as Anya did, Corinne simply took a sip and secretly spat it out on a napkin when she pretended to wipe her mouth.

can you only take a sip when I’ve