The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jeremy did not look at Sophia. With the cigarette still between his fingers, he emotionlessly replied, “Sure. Get in.”

Sophia looked smug for a second before walking around to get in from the other side of the car. After she sat beside him, Jeremy puffed out another cloud of smoke before gesturing with his chin to the driver as a signal for him to drive off.

The car started moving steadily. Sophia looked out the window for a while before turning back to look at Jeremy. She then blinked innocently and asked, “Jeremy, why the long face? Did you fight with Corinne?”

Instead of answering her, Jeremy asked her coldly, “Where do you want to go? Back to your hotel, or the party?”

Sophia pretended to give some thought to the question before answering, “I’d like to go back to my hotel. The party is about to end soon, so there’s no point going back there. I’ll call Zeke later to tell them I’ve gone back to the hotel and ask them to help me entertain the guests.”

“Okay,” said Jeremy. He gave the driver a look from the rearview mirror.

The driver made a turn in front and drove toward the hotel where Sophia was staying.

on getting an answer out of Jeremy. “You still

out his cigarette. “I don’t want to talk

up the misunderstanding, huh? But don’t you find it odd? I

like to know why too,’ he

but she gradually fell silent as Jeremy barely responded. She was also worried that

minutes later, the car stopped in front of Sophia’s hotel. The driver

car, but before she closed the door, she bent down and said, “Jeremy, you really look like you need some cheering up. Why don’t you come up to my room for some

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Jason rang long and hard at the doorbell, but no one came to answer it. He tried calling her,

like he had just woken up,