The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“What? Uncle Jeremy isn’t here? Why are you here, then?” asked Annie in confusion.

“He asked me to stay here to protect Miss Corinne.”

Annie’s lips twitched. “Oh my god, he’s hopeless! Doesn’t he know that what Corinne needs now is for him to spend time with her instead of asking you to stay to protect her? Ugh. You know what? Forget it! I’m going to see Corinne now.”

After that, she went into Corinne’s room with a box of chocolates in her hand.

Tommy sighed helplessly. He then texted Jeremy, [Mister Jeremy, are you going to visit Miss Corinne later?]

A few minutes later, he received a reply from him. [Did she say she wants to see me?]

[No. She didn’t say anything.]

[Okay. All you need to do is keep an

again.

put away his phone when he

him some chocolates.

surprise. “Oh, it’s okay, Miss Annie. Please keep them for

to give them to you. She said you’ve been standing guard here the whole day without eating or resting. She even told me to get you

that, Annie brought over a chair from the dining table before running

Corinne might not welcome me here, but she still

hard working for a greedy capitalist like Uncle Jeremy,” said

he’s actually quite good to me. He never stopped me from having a break or going out for lunch. I was the one who didn’t want to go since I

at him sympathetically. “Dig in, dig in. I can’t imagine how hard it is to work for Uncle Jeremy. I mean, I can, since I used to work with him before. Once was enough for me, though—he’s colder and meaner than usual when he’s working. To think you’ll need to face him every day. Sigh… I would’ve quit long ago if

was once