The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne recognized that voice. It was the same woman who picked up Jeremy’s phone when Francine called him last time.

She felt her heart inexplicably aching.

She did not ask him who the woman was as she trusted he would explain everything to her without needing to prompt him. To her surprise, he did no such thing.

Instead, he quickly said, “Hey, I gotta go now. Be a good girl and go to bed early, okay?”

Corinne did not even have a chance to ask what was happening when Jeremy hung up on her. She listened as the disconnected tone floated into her ear.

‘Who is that woman? Why didn’t he explain himself?’ she asked herself.

She threw her phone aside and climbed into her bed. Feeling sad and insecure, she hugged her pillow tightly and curled herself into a ball.

every night in this way when she was a child. After she ability

of insecurity from childhood seemed to have rushed back to erode her self-esteem again.

woke up the next day, the sun was already shining brightly in the sky. The warm sunlight shone through the curtains, causing Corinne to slowly open

saw was not the room’s furnishing

she first thought she was still dreaming. She touched the chest in front of her, and to her shock, it

she had spent the night in the Riveras’ summer villa. Moreover, Jeremy was not in the country

man sleeping beside me?’ Various possibilities flashed through Corinne’s mind before Jason’s devilishly handsome face settled in her

me he managed to sneak into my room last night!’ thought Corinne with shock. She

her disappointment, she found

is

sat up suddenly and screamed angrily at the top of her

“Ahhh!”