The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Annie looked left and right to try and find Aaron, but he was nowhere to be seen. All she saw was her phone charging on the bedside table. She took it and saw that the topmost unread message was from Aaron.

[I slept in the living room last night. I carried you into the room and didn’t do anything else. Don’t make any assumptions!]

Annie’s heart began beating faster. Her cheeks turned red, and she wondered to herself, ‘What is he trying to do? Gosh, I’m getting all flustered by his message!’

When she scrolled down, she saw more than 99 unread messages that her boyfriend Marcus had sent to her. Annie was a little embarrassed. Her feelings were all over the place the day before that she forgot to reply to Marcus’s messages!

When she clicked on Marcus’s chat, she noticed he had sent a flurry of messages asking her location, what she was doing, and if she was asleep.

The most recent message had been sent in the morning. [Why are you ignoring me, Annie? Please reply if you see my messages!]

Annie replied apologetically. [Sorry, I was so busy thinking about my aunt and uncle that I forgot to check my message!]

just worried about you. I’m glad you’re alright,

answered truthfully, [I’m still with

you up at noon? Let’s have lunch together, just

You don’t have to pick me up,

for you,

went to the bathroom to wash up. When she walked out of Aaron’s bedroom, she saw Corinne sitting alone at the dining room bar. She had her laptop open and was eating

over and said, “Au—I mean, Corinne! What are you

to cover her lips, indicating for Annie to keep

and carefully leaned over to look at the computer screen. She saw her unkempt

and it appeared as though they were having a video conference.

of clothes before meeting Marcus. After that, she would

Annie had left, but rather than turn around to look, she continued with the video