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 it for his

it, but I don’t want him to be spending money on

the chocolate on the coffee table, stood up, and looked down on her

frugal once or twice, but as time goes on, you’ll come to resent him for not being

someone poorer than I am? Weren’t you the one who told me that

“I’m only saying that from the perspectives of other female employees in the company. How the heck could I guess that you’d

not like how he was implying that she dumped him and moved on to another guy very fast. It was not like they were even together in the first

the rest of my life.

“Annie, even if you don’t choose me, you cannot

before laughing wryly. “Thank you for thinking so

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

“I never thought I’d hear