The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne smiled. “Well, the press conference has ended, so I thought I’d drop by to wrap up a few things with Miss Anya and Miss Phoebe. Though, it seems like I’ve come at a bad time. Should I…come again another day?”

Beatrice quickly waved for her to come in. “Oh, Corinne, you’re always welcome here. Come in, come in! My husband and son were just having a little tiff, and I was just worried that you might’ve been frightened by it.”

Corinne walked over to Beatrice and glanced at Cedric, who was still fuming, before looking up at Maxwell, who was at the stairs.

“Mister Maxwell, you’re a grown man. You shouldn’t argue with Grandpa Cedric so much. It’s really not that nice.”

Normally, Maxwell would simply go into his room even when there was a guest in the house. Because it was Corinne this time, he walked back into the living room.

Maxwell looked at her kindly. “You must be tired after the test. Why not go home to rest now? I saw you dozing off at the press conference. Did you not sleep well last night?”

Corinne chuckled. “You watched the live broadcast of the test, too?”

nodded. “Yeah, I watched it together with my

Corinne nodded. “Cool.”

come back into the living room for Corinne. After snapping out of her trance, she said, “Come sit, Corinne. You too, Maxwell. I’m sure Corinne would be too embarrassed

on

as she was told without

purpose for coming when Maxwell asked her

“I’m not hungry, Mister Maxwell. Please don’t worry about

blooming again. Do you want to go take

the over-enthusiastically way Maxwell was treating her. “No, thanks. I

ashamed to say I have a grown son who only knows to spend his day messing with those flowers instead of taking care of the company! Good thing Lucas is old enough to take over the company now. You’re a sorry excuse for a