The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Xante’s expression remained neutral when she saw Sunny. Pushing up her gold-rimmed glasses, she said, “She’s sleeping right now. Come back later.”

Sunny was not stubborn enough to barge in. Instead, he asked gravely, “Has the baby been delivered? Is she okay?”

At the thought of the complicated situation at hand, Xante sighed and answered, “She’s okay, I guess.”

“Oh,” said Sunny. He then went to sit in the hospital corridor to wait for Corinne to wake up.

Xante was actually surprised by that. ‘Rare to see him cooperate like this. Is this the Sunny I know?’ she thought.

She stared at him with narrowed eyes for a while before closing the door.

Corinne was awake by the time Xante went back to check on her. Sunny’s knocking on the door must have woken her up.

slowly, looked at Xante hopefully,

“It was Sunny. Not

dimmed. Even though she had fallen asleep before, it was not a deep one. “Xante, what

little past

“Oh.”

was able to hear all the worry and disappointment in that one little

this while,

still doesn’t know what happened,’ thought Xante with a

She was about to close the door when she remembered Sunny was outside.

the babies, so he tiptoed

this, Xante said, “The boss is awake. Why don’t you come in and see

little taken aback, but he then bashfully came