The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Xante was the only person in the living room by the time Corinne got back.

She sat next to her and asked, “Where’s Aaron?”

Xante pointed with her chin to outside, where it was viewable through the floor-to-ceiling window.

Corinne looked to where she pointed and saw Aaron and Annie playing with Joey on the lawn.

“I thought Aaron doesn’t like kids,” said Corinne with narrowed eyes.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “He doesn’t. He’s just putting up an act.”

“Why would he do that?”

Corinne saw Aaron reaching out to help Annie swipe off some leaves

instinctively stepped back, though she did thank him.

after Annie?”

in way too deep than we

“What do you mean?”

he is. He’s never been before. Similarly, no girl has ever been serious about him since

I think he started falling for her after she kept bringing home-cooked meals for him every day. After all, no girl has ever treated him with respect or chased him like she did. In fact, I think he would’ve asked Annie to be his girlfriend

Annie to be his girlfriend? Does he have any intention to marry her?” asked Corinne with somewhat

without hesitation. “You know very well he’s a

then, it’s good that I stopped him because Annie has plans of getting married one day,” said Corinne. After what happened, she started to hold more negative views toward relationship matters. “Annie was deeply hurt by her dirtbag ex-fiance, and