The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

However, since this was the first time Pamela met Aaron and Xante, she did not feel comfortable leaving Corinne alone with them. As much as she knew everyone was so quiet because of her, she did not plan to leave.

“I overheard you kids say you want to play bridge? Well, that just happens to be my favorite card game! It’s such a shame I don’t get to play it as often as I like, so I hope you don’t mind letting me join,” said Pamela after sipping her tea.

Both Aaron and Xante were speechless while Corinne sat still expressionlessly.

Only Annie smiled and said, “Sure! You can team up with me since I don’t know how to play bridge at all. I’ll be more than happy to learn a thing or two from a veteran like you.”

“No problem! I guarantee you’ll be a pro by the end of the day. So, when shall we start?” asked Pamela.

Everyone looked at each other.

Finally, Corinne said, “Let’s play after lunch. It’d be rude to let my friends play on an empty stomach since they took the trouble to come all the way here.”

could tell from Corinne’s tone that she was not happy. She laughed to hide her embarrassment and then said, “You’re right. Let’s play after lunch. Don’t

Holdens

I guess I should head to the kitchen, a treat as I’ll personally cook for

up too. “Ma’am, allow

her hand. “There’s no need, Annie. I’ll get the servants

went to

Bowen, she

at. He nodded and went over to the living room to stand behind

as before. Aaron and the others did not find it comfortable to talk about what they really wanted with Bowen listening, so they made some small talk

something to Joey, and the boy quickly got down from the sofa,

hurt himself? I’d do it myself, but it’d be rude to leave my friends. Plus, you wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to Joey too, right? Think of

at Corinne and then at Joey, who was some distance away. One of the maids was already in pursuit, so after thinking about it,