The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“You’re right, Mister Aaron. My uncle would do what you said, but I don’t want to live under his protection forever. I want to learn how to be independent,” explained Annie.

Aaron was quite impressed by her attitude. “Huh, not bad. Was your colleague flirting with you just now?”

The sudden change of topic shocked Annie. “No. He was asking me for help with his document. His stapler was broken, you see.”

Aaron obviously did not believe her. “He’s quite the catch. He graduated from a famous university. Good-looking. Tall. You can consider him since our company has no policy against office romance.”

Annie’s gaze wavered for a second before her eyebrows furrowed as she frowned. She felt unbelievably humiliated, but she did not blow up at Aaron. She simply nodded and said, “Okay. I’ll consider him if he shows signs of being interested in me. Thank you for your concern, Mister Aaron.”

After a moment of awkward silence, Aaron smiled and said, “Well, time for you to get back to work now. If anyone comes to find me, tell me I’m at Xante’s office.”

“Yes, Mister Aaron.”

Aaron started making his way over to Xante’s office. At some point, he tugged at his tie to loosen it.

reason, he felt like

office was only a few steps from his. Given their relationship,

the door and said, “Hey Xante, did the boss call you?

stopped talking at the shocking

was pinned to the floor-to-ceiling window by a man who was sucking and kissing

He’s Sunny Rivera!’ thought

barged in, she calmly pushed Sunny away and

finish what you started. You’ve been feeling…?” prompted Xante after taking a sip of her

of his trance. “Umm… I’ve been feeling anxious. I’m worried Jeremy would

“Me too. I’m planning to call the boss

obviously interested in something else by that point. He looked teasingly at the hickey on Xante’s neck

I never knew you

about to say something when Sunny slapped Aaron’s hand