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.]

faster. [Okay. All you need

sighed again. [Understood,

even more than Jeremy. He had just put away his phone when he saw

handed him some chocolates. “Here, these

me?” repeated Tommy with surprise. “Oh, it’s okay, Miss Annie.

asked me to give them to you. She said you’ve been standing guard here the whole day without eating or resting. She even told me to get you a chair

the dining table before running back to the

me here, but she still cares about me after

that it must be hard working for a greedy capitalist like Uncle Jeremy,”

might seem cold and aloof, but he’s actually quite good to me. He never stopped me from having a break or going out for lunch. I was the one who didn’t

sympathetically. “Dig in, dig in. 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 he’s working. To think you’ll need to face him every day. Sigh… I would’ve quit