The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Annie looked left and right to try and find Aaron, but he was nowhere to be seen. All she saw was her phone charging on the bedside table. She took it and saw that the topmost unread message was from Aaron.

[I slept in the living room last night. I carried you into the room and didn’t do anything else. Don’t make any assumptions!]

Annie’s heart began beating faster. Her cheeks turned red, and she wondered to herself, ‘What is he trying to do? Gosh, I’m getting all flustered by his message!’

When she scrolled down, she saw more than 99 unread messages that her boyfriend Marcus had sent to her. Annie was a little embarrassed. Her feelings were all over the place the day before that she forgot to reply to Marcus’s messages!

When she clicked on Marcus’s chat, she noticed he had sent a flurry of messages asking her location, what she was doing, and if she was asleep.

The most recent message had been sent in the morning. [Why are you ignoring me, Annie? Please reply if you see my messages!]

Annie replied apologetically. [Sorry, I was so busy thinking about my aunt and uncle that I forgot to check my message!]

Marcus replied within seconds. [It’s fine! I was just worried about you. I’m glad you’re alright, though! Where are you now?]

with my aunt! I’m fine,

pick you up at noon? Let’s have lunch together, just the two

replying, [Umm… Okay! You don’t

for you,

Annie got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she walked out of Aaron’s bedroom, she saw Corinne sitting alone at the dining room bar. She had her laptop open and was

walked over and said, “Au—I mean, Corinne!

a finger to cover her

the computer screen. She saw

to be on a video call with someone else. There were a lot of people on the other end of the video, and it appeared as though they were having a video conference. She did not know what was happening, but she did not dare

fresh set of

Annie had left, but rather than turn around to

drank a sip of