The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Aaron took the chocolate from Annie’s hand. Instead of eating it, he simply stared at it.

“Did you buy this? Or was it Marcus?”

“Actually…Marcus bought it for me,” said Annie truthfully.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. “So he won you over with this cheap chocolate? He might as well not buy it. Only chocolates from master chocolatiers are good enough to eat!”

Annie did not like his attitude. “Mister Aaron, you can give me back the chocolate if you don’t want to eat it. But you should know not everyone is rich or can spend thousands on a box of chocolates like you.”

Aaron smiled at Annie. “Well, that certainly doesn’t apply to you. Your Uncle Jeremy can even hire a master chocolatier to go to your house to create custom chocolates right in front of your eyes, no?”

Annie’s eyes flickered. “I can do that, but…Marcus can’t! His family isn’t that rich, so he can’t be wasting money on frivolous stuff like chocolates!”

wasteful when he’s buying it for

if I say I want it, but I don’t want

put the chocolate on the coffee table, stood

be frugal once or twice, but as time goes

his gaze. She turned away and said, “How am I marrying someone poorer than I am? Weren’t you the one who told me that Marcus

the company. How the heck could

she dumped him and moved on to another guy very fast. It was not like

me for the rest of my life. In

and said, “Annie, even if you don’t choose me, you

turned red. She instinctively backed away before laughing wryly. “Thank you for thinking

so easily. Not having the money to spend on you and not willing to

was a little taken aback by that. Frowning, she said, “I never thought I’d