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!”

it wasteful when he’s buying

want it, but I don’t

his head. He then put the chocolate on the coffee table, stood up,

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

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 even said he’s a very

other female employees in the company. How the

implying that she dumped him and moved on to another guy very fast. It was not like they were

want someone dependable and would love me for the rest of my life. In other

He leaned in closer and said, “Annie, even if you don’t choose me,

backed away before laughing wryly. “Thank you

having the money to spend on you and not

never thought