The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Jason shrugged and grinned nonchalantly. He then followed Corinne into the office.

"I am working, though. It's part of my job to come here and talk to you about work. Hence, I am leading by example by being a hardworking employer."

Corinne walked to her desk. She could feel Jason moving closer to her. It was an annoying habit of his; he would deliberately try to get close to her so their bodies would touch while talking.

She turned and casually pulled out a chair. "Mister Jason, please have a seat. We should treat this as a business meeting since we're going to talk about work. I'm afraid that it'll be hard to draw a line between personal and work if you're too close to me."

Jason smiled and sat on the chair. "Thank you, Corinne."

Corinne walked to her desk and sat opposite him. "So, what do you want to discuss with me?" she asked while looking at him lightly.

turned serious. "It's about the piece of land in Serenity Bay we're going to develop. I was thinking we could section out an area to build an art gallery. What do you think?" Corinne gave his idea some serious thought before saying, "Which area

over so I can show you the area. It'll also be easier for me to explain some of the ideas for how I want the art gallery to look like." Corinne looked at the time on her wristwatch. "I'm not free in the

"It's okay. I have nothing important to do anyway, so I'll wait here for you. We can go for lunch and then to Serenity Bay after

you insist. But I must warn you that it's going to be a long meeting. You can wait outside in the lounge area. Feel free to

the lounge area when we know each other so well? Can't

Even though we're business partners, we're also each other's competitors. Do you really think it's appropriate for you, the president of another company, to wait alone in my office when we have so many overlapping projects? Not to mention, I have so many confidential documents in here, so how can I not

his hands helplessly. "Corinne, how can you still not trust me when we've known each other for such a long time? You should know I'm not going to snoop into your confidential documents." "It's fine if all the confidential documents are mine. You can snoop all you want then. But all the documents here belong to Holden Group, and they concern the survival of the company. I have to be accountable to the company shareholders and employees. From one president of a company to another, I hope you can understand

feel so wronged! I swear I'm not

is that it's best if we keep a clear boundary with each other. At least that way, we won't give others any chance