The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne was pleasantly surprised when she entered the living room. Even though the building looked shabby and old from the outside, the inside of Jason’s unit was clean and tastefully decorated. It did not look like anyone was living there at all.

“Have a seat while I get you something to drink,” said Jason before going to the kitchen.

Corinne sat on the sofa and surveyed her new surroundings quietly when a glass of milk suddenly appeared in front of her.

“I hope you don’t mind giving you milk instead of a soft drink since you’re pregnant,” said Jason with a wide grin.

“Thank you,” said Corinne with a polite smile after accepting the glass of milk.

Jason sipped his can of Cola and sat on the armchair next to the sofa.

Corinne gazed at the glass of milk intently while swirling it slowly.

Jason did not know whether to laugh or cry when he saw her doing that. “Are you afraid that I’ve spiked the milk with something?”

bad since you said you rarely come here. God knows how long this thing has been in your

laughed throatily. “I went to the supermarket yesterday to get it for you. All the things in the fridge are freshly bought,

the milk after making sure there was no weird

her chin in his hand and looked at Corinne playfully. “Are you really going

course. Do you think I’m doing

“If you don’t mind,

owed him for helping her so she gave him the short

that?” asked Jason with a raised

“Isn’t that serious enough? What’s the point of staying together

a fairytale world we’re living in. We adults need to compromise a little when it comes to matters of

not refute his reasoning, but she still could not accept it. “Fine. Let’s just chalk it down as me being naive. I