The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Then, Claire would naturally announce her relationship with Sherman in her next interviews with other reporters. She wanted the other women to know that Sherman had her beside him, so that they would think twice before trying to get close to him.

"Have you bought the pastries I asked for?" asked Claire.

Serena handed her an exquisite basket. "Yup! You said they were hard to get, so I lined up before dawn. Luckily, I went early because it didn't take long for them to sell out as soon as the store opened."

Claire looked at the exquisite pastries in the basket with a faint smile. "He likes sweets. Seems quite contradictory to his appearance, doesn't it?"

"Yes, it's quite contradictory indeed..."

As they talked, they arrived at the entrance of the Parr Group building. To avoid attracting attention, they both took the underground passage.

Claire looked at the dimly lit underground parking lot. As they walked toward the elevator, she envisioned a day when everyone would see her walk openly through the main entrance of Parr Group and into Sherman's office.

Sherman was absorbed in his work. He did not even lift his head to glance at

in? Have you forgotten the most basic manners?

up to see Claire's smiling face. He was somewhat surprised. "What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to

you!" Claire handed him

ruefully. "I'm not a

moderate amounts of sweets can help you maintain a positive mood throughout the

basket and casually grabbed a piece of the pastries to taste. After chewing for a moment, he replied, "If

to be basically implying that she was special,

so grumpy all the time. You're already light years ahead of anyone else, so

the sofa. She then stood behind him and placed her hands on

moment, then abruptly stood up. He turned