The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"Chase, I called you several times. What's the matter with you?" asked the colleague.

Chase awkwardly scratched his head and flipped through the documents in his hand. "Huh? Did you just call me? Maybe I didn't get enough rest last night, so I sort of spaced out a little..." His attitude only made things more peculiar.

"Chase, I've finished editing the draft. Can you take a look?"

He nervously accepted the papers, still avoiding eye contact with Rita. "Um...yeah, sure. I'll take a look first, you can go back for now."

Under the watchful gaze of his colleagues, he slowly sat back at his desk. After a while, he tried to sneak a glance at Rita, only to find her staring at him with an amused smile playing on her lips. He immediately lowered his head.

"Hmm..." Rita chuckled and shook her head.

Chase's mental resilience was even worse than she had imagined. She had thought about playing a trick on him, but at this point, it seemed unnecessary.

was it worth her effort to deal with such a weak

finally lower her head, Chase breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he subconsciously

has no idea who wrote that report!'

submitted his work anonymously, and to

would suspect him, especially considering how many colleagues Rita had offended.

that night that he managed to uncover such a big piece

sense of triumph, eagerly anticipating Rita getting reprimanded by the higher-ups. Their company clearly valued employee

them through editing

him. He not only took advantage of his background to swindle articles

material for him to claim as his own. He was a senior with