The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Corinne grabbed Jeremy’s arm firmly and shook him. “Mister! Hey! Wake up! Don’t scare me like that…”

The man closed his eyes to calm himself and was silent for about a minute before he opened his mouth again. “Why didn’t you continue what you just did?”

‘What I just did…? Corinne immediately understood what he meant, and her lips twitched as she looked at him with disdain. “Tch, all men are like this! Don’t try to take advantage of me!”

Corinne was very upset when she realized he tried to trick her. She shoved the remaining glass of water to him and said angrily, “Drink it yourself! I took a lot of effort to bring the water back for you, and it’ll leak out if you don’t drink it quicker!”

Jeremy was not thirsty, but he decided to drink it nonetheless because it was rare for her to be so conscientious. He opened his handsome eyes, reached out to take the leaf cup handed to him, and raised his head to drink the water that remained inside.

Then, he seemed to have a sudden realization as he stared at the empty cup made of reed leaves. His dark pupils contracted as he asked pensively, “Have we met somewhere before?”

to one side, and his question made her feel that he was trying to tease her again. She rolled her eyes at him and said, “Don’t act like you’ve lost your

“What I mean by that is, have we met somewhere a very long time

which was unlike what she would have expected if he was trying to tease her. She then eyed him strangely and said, “Probably not. I lived in a remote place before I turned eighteen. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to meet a rich man like

alleviation projects that the company had planned for certain poverty–stricken areas, but his enemies plotted against him and injured him severely

of a small mountain village and waited for his subordinates to come and get him. While waiting in the forest, he lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss, and

small–perhaps about ten years old–but she was calm, mature, and methodical. She tied his arm with a hair tie to stop the toxin from spreading along his blood vessels. Then, she sucked out the venomous blood for him with her mouth and spat it out. Lastly, she found an herb in the surrounding grass and chewed it before

in areas that were known to harbor snakes and could remove

took out her handkerchief and helped him bandage

there were traces of snake venom left in his body, his eyes were blinded temporarily, and he could not see what her face looked like the