The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne had serious doubts over whether everything that happened was just an illusion.

The pain from her pinch told her she was neither dreaming nor hallucinating.

Everything was real. Jeremy came, but he left without saying anything. It was unlike him not to get angry after finding her.

Rather than bring her away, he knocked on the door and looked at her before leaving.

She could not understand what was going on.

Corinne came back to her senses as Jason’s cell phone was ringing. In her daze, she answered the call.

by accident. Keep it safe for the moment, and I’ll send someone over to get it from you tomorrow.” He had called his cell phone from his

Corinne replied emotionlessly

had

anything to me. I should be grateful that he didn’t drag me away and bring me back to the Holdens. But why do I

attention was drawn to the mountain wind blowing in

hurried over and closed the door.

to the room. Even though she was exhausted, she was unable to drift off to sleep. Her mind was occupied with the scene from

have smiled at her, but that smile was emotionless and instead was filled with sarcastic

up the phone and called Xante. That was the first time in over six months that she called Xante. She usually used codes to communicate

no longer needed to be so careful.

a while before Xante