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.

visibly relaxed. He nodded docilely and snuggled

not help but soften when he saw Corinne showering Joey with love. He lifted

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

looked at her admiringly before kissing

She did not feel like she had done anything worthy of being thanked,

going to bring Joey down for breakfast now. Come join us after

she—with a poker face—left the room

them leave. ‘Why do I get the sense she

…

she was glad she held her ground. ‘I’m not going to let

looked at her curiously.