The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Aaron took the chocolate from Annie’s hand. Instead of eating it, he simply stared at it.

“Did you buy this? Or was it Marcus?”

“Actually…Marcus bought it for me,” said Annie truthfully.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. “So he won you over with this cheap chocolate? He might as well not buy it. Only chocolates from master chocolatiers are good enough to eat!”

Annie did not like his attitude. “Mister Aaron, you can give me back the chocolate if you don’t want to eat it. But you should know not everyone is rich or can spend thousands on a box of chocolates like you.”

Aaron smiled at Annie. “Well, that certainly doesn’t apply to you. Your Uncle Jeremy can even hire a master chocolatier to go to your house to create custom chocolates right in front of your eyes, no?”

Annie’s eyes flickered. “I can do that, but…Marcus can’t! His family isn’t that rich, so he can’t be wasting money on frivolous stuff like chocolates!”

“How is it wasteful when he’s buying

but I don’t want him to

shook his head. He then put the chocolate on the coffee table, stood up, and looked down on

you can try to be frugal once or twice, but as time goes on, you’ll

poorer than I am? Weren’t you the one who told me that Marcus came from a very good family? Both of his parents are intellectuals, and you

employees in the company. How the heck could I guess

did not like how he was implying that she dumped him and moved on to another guy very fast. It was not like

would love me for the rest of my life. In other words, money’s

you don’t choose me, you cannot be won over by a guy who gives you cheap chocolate.

before laughing wryly. “Thank

being serious. You shouldn’t trust men so easily. Not having the money to spend on you and not willing to

was a little taken aback by that. Frowning, she said, “I never thought I’d hear those words coming