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.

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

some of the ideas for how I want the art gallery to look like."

for you. We can go for lunch and then to Serenity Bay after you've finished

going to be a long meeting. You can wait outside

crossed his arms. "Why do I need to wait in the lounge area when we know each other so well? Can't I just wait in your office and maybe drink a few

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

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 where I'm coming from. If you still insist on waiting for me to finish the meeting, please go to the lounge area. Otherwise, please go back to

so wronged! I swear I'm not

All I'm saying is that it's best if we keep a clear boundary with each other. At least that