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.

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

in? Have you forgotten the most

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

Claire handed him the pastries. "Look what I brought

smiled ruefully. "I'm not a child anymore. Why are you bringing

a positive mood throughout the day,

the basket and casually grabbed a piece of the pastries to taste. After chewing for a moment, he replied, "If Lucy dared to barge into my office without knocking, she'll be

to be basically implying that she was special, causing her

shouldn't be so grumpy all the time. You're already light years ahead of anyone else, so why not spend a little

placed

turned to face her. "Don't you have other