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!"

Jeremy has only said one sentence this whole time! And it's not like he spoke in

Jeremy again. "My child, I've heard about what happened

let go of Corinne's head and

turned and left, not even explaining himself to

baffled. Before she could catch up to him and ask him what was wrong, he had

could not just leave her mother

What's the matter with him? Why did he go just like that?

to upset Zach...I mean Jeremy. I'm really

sat down beside Emily's bed and asked, "Mom, are