The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“What? Uncle Jeremy isn’t here? Why are you here, then?” asked Annie in confusion.

“He asked me to stay here to protect Miss Corinne.”

Annie’s lips twitched. “Oh my god, he’s hopeless! Doesn’t he know that what Corinne needs now is for him to spend time with her instead of asking you to stay to protect her? Ugh. You know what? Forget it! I’m going to see Corinne now.”

After that, she went into Corinne’s room with a box of chocolates in her hand.

Tommy sighed helplessly. He then texted Jeremy, [Mister Jeremy, are you going to visit Miss Corinne later?]

A few minutes later, he received a reply from him. [Did she say she wants to see me?]

[No. She didn’t say anything.]

time, Jeremy replied faster. [Okay. All you need to do is keep an eye

again. [Understood,

Jeremy. He had just put away his phone

him some chocolates. “Here,

“Oh, it’s okay, Miss Annie.

to give them to you. She said you’ve been standing guard here the whole day without eating or

brought over a chair from the dining table before running back to the kitchen to

was actually quite touched by the gesture. ‘Miss Corinne might not welcome me here, but she still cares about me after

also said that it must be hard working

me from having a break or

I can’t imagine how hard it is to work for Uncle Jeremy. I mean, I can, since I used to work with him before. Once was enough for me, though—he’s colder and meaner than usual when