The Day I Kissed An Older Man

As Rita lay in bed and wrapped herself up completely in the blanket, she finally felt a hint of warmth.

"Come on, Rita. More challenges await you tomorrow," she mumbled to herself.

The next morning, Rita got up as if nothing happened. After all, she had become used to the way things were in the family after enduring it for so many years. Moreover, not having to face those people day in and day out was already a rare joy.

However, her rare good mood did not last long. As soon as she arrived at the newspaper office, she was subjected to some embarrassing remarks from her nitpicking older colleagues.

"Oh wow, our little princess is here so early. But what's the point of that? She can't even manage to get an interview."

"That's where you don't understand. Even though she can't secure an interview, she still needs to show the right attitude. Otherwise, why would the higher-ups keep her around? Just because she's a princess?"

voices alone made Rita want to puke. She

manage to secure an interview with Claire Bourne," she remarked casually, "but some people just have that much time to spend on me when they haven't even finished their articles. I should thank them for their concern. Well, I can only pray that these people

their abilities. Rita was able to stay in the job, not because she was a Russell but mainly because she could write and interview with great empathy. As reporters, having empathy was not enough. The most important

you insinuating

innocently and turned. "Whoever feels targeted by my words, that's who I'm talking about. Don't tell me you think I'm talking about you. Ok come on, you wouldn't really do something like that, would you? Tsk tsk you've been in this business for so long. How could you secretly use someone else's article? Oh, I get it. It's not called 'stealing' when it's something done by intellectuals.

I've explained myself regarding that matter. It's up to you whether to believe me or

of satisfaction seeing her colleague so infuriated but unable to vent his frustration. Who said she had to swallow her pride? She refused to

not received a response from Claire yet, she could only patiently wait for her reply. She