The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 29

A clear, deep, and masculine voice seemingly rang out through the bar’s loud beats and reached Corinne’s

ears.

Corinne had just closed her eyes when she heard the person talking to her.

The disturbance made her frown unhappily. When she opened her eyes, she saw a rather handsome man with a pleasant smile standing under the glow of the lights.

Dressed in black trousers, a white shirt, and no tie, she wondered if he deliberately unbuttoned two of his shirt buttons just to expose a bit of his collarbone.

There was a certain elegance in his uninhibitedness that culminated in a mesmerizing charm.

Her silence led the man to smile a little more as he asked softly, “Are you alone?”

Corinne replied lazily, “Nope.”

The man then responded with a graceful smile. “Do you mind if I sit here?”

bother to show

for a moment, as if shocked that a girl would reject him. Nevertheless, he quickly regained his composure and smiled again. “How

expression as she shot back, “Are you a plainclothes

more and wondered why she would ask such a question. “I’m not. Why do

you asking me all those questions? Are you perhaps a census taker? I was always taught

help but laugh as he explained, “You seemed to be alone, so I got a little worried. It’s not safe for a

looked at him lukewarmly, took a sip of the milk on the

the self-proclaimed high-cultured man, for they were nothing like what he knew and expected of

smiled warmly. “You’re an interesting

out to be a call from Annie. She answered the call at once, not wanting

the phone. “Corinne! You need to come up

want to. “No

Come up here and save me!” It almost sounded as though Annie was

was amiss, Corinne

you?”

had hung up, however, leaving Corinne with