The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Lucas stared at Corinne for a while before suddenly offering a gentle smile. “It’s nothing. You don’t look too good today. Did you not sleep well last night?”

“Yeah, I had a few weird dreams.”

Lucas stood up and stroked Corinne’s hair. “You shouldn’t think too much before you go to sleep. You won’t get weird dreams that way.”

“Sure, whatever,” said Corinne lightly.

After that, Lucas turned to Sunny and said sternly, “Sunny, I’ve informed your school you’ll be taking the day off today, so you can stay home with Corinne.”

Sunny did a double-take when he heard Lucas. ‘What? Is Lucas being serious? This is the first time he’s ever done that for me!’ he thought happily.

Seeing how happy Sunny was, Lucas reminded him solemnly, “But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to do your homework. You have to finish them before I come home from work today, okay?”

said Sunny with a nod. ‘Why do I still have to do my homework when I don’t have to go to school? Oh well, it’s better than having to go to school. I can even

you’re amazing! I can’t believe Lucas gave me a day off school just because he was worried

more than Anya! Don’t get me wrong, he was really good to Anya, but only if she didn’t do anything to test

“Hurry and finish your breakfast. You still have a

did not really care

asked earnestly, which was a contrast to his usual haughty attitude. “I promise to

“You can if you finish your

up. “Okay! I’ll

that, he ran up to his

plate and thought how good it was to be

eat well, sleep well, and basically take care of herself well so that she would

running down the stairs to show his completed homework to Corinne. “Look!