The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Joey’s legs dangled helplessly in the air. He looked at Corinne with big sad puppy eyes while crying, “Sissy… Sissy!’

Jeremy frowned. He took a deep breath and said nothing else, but this just made Joey even more frightened.

There was nearly a ten-year age difference between Jeremy and Corinne. Joey calling her ‘Sissy’ only served to highlight the generational gap between them.

Seeing this, Corinne quickly took Joey from Jeremy. “What are you doing? You’re scaring him!”

“Don’t you think it’s inappropriate for him to call you ‘Sissy?” asked Jeremy with a hardened expression.

Corinne rolled her eyes at him turning back to Joey. “Don’t mind him, Joey. You can call me anything you want. Sissy or Auntie doesn’t make a difference to me,” she said while stroking his head.

relaxed. He nodded docilely and snuggled

as he was unhappy with Joey calling Corinne ‘Sissy’, Jeremy could not help but soften when he saw Corinne showering

it sound like I have a choice. I might not have the experience of being a stepmother, but what I’m good at is learning. In any case, it’s better than leaving him with Miss Phoebe!”Books Chapters

her admiringly before

like she had done anything worthy of being thanked, so the kiss

going to bring Joey down for breakfast

poker face—left the room with

he watched them leave. ‘Why do I get the

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moment she was out of the room. She nearly caved in to Jeremy’s gentleness, but she was glad she held her ground. ‘I’m not going to let him off the hook so easily!’ she swore

looked at her curiously. ‘Auntie Sissy…