The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"You're much more of a gentleman compared to that night," Rita remarked with a smile.

In response, Sherman cocked an eyebrow and quipped, "And you're much more amiable now than you were then."

Their shared laughter drew Sadie's gaze and fueled her resentment.

She wanted to know when Rita started to have eyes on Sherman and felt that Rita was utterly shameless for trying to charm the man that Sadie had been eyeing first.

That being said, a public display of frustration was hardly appropriate, so Sadie forced a smile and approached Sherman.

"Where have you been, Mister Sherman? I looked everywhere for you earlier but couldn't find you," she said, disregarding Rita's presence.

took a step

smile stiffened in response to

exceptional man, and there was indeed no one else quite like him in the entire banquet. However, Sadie seemed to think too highly of herself rather than looking at herself in the mirror to see if she was fit

second daughter of the Russells. We crossed

toward Rita, who maintained her indifferent expression. Still, the faint smile at Rita's lips seemed to mock her. Sadie gritted her teeth and yearned to lash out, but she kept her emotions in check for

eldest daughter, Rita. I wasn't aware there was a second daughter Sherman replied matter-of-factly, which came as a huge surprise to Rita. After all, they had only met each other once, and he

soured and teetered on the brink of

sorry for her. She knew that it could not have been easy for a nineteen-year-old to mask their emotions so

Sadie later changed her surname to our family's," Rita explained to Sherman, who

as thick-skinned as Sadie could not endure any longer. She gripped her wine glass so tightly that she nearly crushed it in