The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Annie’s lips twitched as she said with a forced smile, “Slight delay is an understatement.”

The man raised his arm nonchalantly and rolled up his sleeves to reveal a luxury watch. “It’s been forty minutes past the designated time already? I’m sorry, Miss Annie. I didn’t realize that time would pass so quickly.” He chuckled.

Annie had given up any hope of having a meaningful conversation with that blind date. She was trying to come up with a polite excuse to leave when the man adjusted his thick glasses and said with a grin, “Never mind that. We’ve

finally met, so let’s not sweat the small stuff. It’s a pleasure meeting you, Miss Annie. Please allow me to introduce myself.”

‘Let’s not sweat the small stuff, huh? Hello! You’ve been more than forty minutes late, sir! How could you act like it’s not a big deal?’ Annie chided in her heart.

himself confidently,

a twenty-eight-year-old graduate of WEX University, the top university in Molomia. I’m

so she was unable to confirm his height. However, his round face belied his weight,

to be lengthy, so I’ll just

wrong? Why did you jump to such a conclusion so quickly? I have a very good impression of you so far, especially your good looks! You might be a little older than I expected, but your beauty is more than enough for me to look past that! You stand at about

was taken aback to hear the man being so nitpicky about her many different aspects. ‘He can’t be serious! What did he mean when he said that I’m a little older than him? I’m only two years younger than him! Where did he get the nerve to call me old?’ “Didn’t

friends and family all regard me as a young and promising man. I always tell them not to praise