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.

Joey visibly relaxed. He nodded docilely and snuggled into

calling Corinne ‘Sissy’, Jeremy could not help but soften when he saw Corinne

being a stepmother, but what I’m good at is learning. In any case, it’s better than leaving him

at her admiringly before

Corinne. She did not feel like she had done anything worthy of being thanked, so the kiss caught

to bring Joey down for breakfast now. Come join us

she—with a poker

them leave. ‘Why do I get the sense she doesn’t

…

room. She nearly caved in to Jeremy’s gentleness, but she was glad she held her

looked at her curiously. ‘Auntie Sissy… Dada