The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Everyone turned to look at Lilin, confused at what she meant.

"What do you mean, Lilin? What's different?" asked Emily with a curious smile.

Lilin took a few steps forward, looked at Jeremy, and said, "What I meant was Zachary behaves differently when he's with Corinne than when he's with Sophia!"

A flash of disgust crossed Jeremy's eyes at the mention of Sophia.

"Really? What's the difference?" asked Emily. She wanted to know whether Jeremy was good enough for her daughter.

After thinking about it, Lilin answered, "He's like a completely different man! Zachary is cold and silent when he's with Sophia. There was no light in his eyes, and he didn't even bother to look at her! But with Miss Corinne, he's so gentle, so doting, so lively, and so polite!"

said one sentence this whole time!

turned her attention back to Jeremy again. "My child, I've heard about what happened to you. Why don't

of sitting down, Jeremy let go of Corinne's head and said

and left, not even explaining himself to

catch up to him and ask him what

could not just leave her mother and go after

him? Why did he

to apologize to Corinne. "Sorry, Corinne! Lilin shouldn't have opened her big mouth to upset Zach...I mean Jeremy. I'm really sorry." Corinne shook her head. "No, it's not Lilin's fault. I'm sure this has nothing to

down beside Emily's bed