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The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1121-Corinne clenched her fists. She then quickly took out her phone to call Jeremy, who she previously had no intention of ever contacting again.

Jeremy picked up soon enough, but he did not greet or say anything to her.

“Jeremy Holden, just what do you think you’re doing?” Corinne asked angrily.

“So that’s how you’re going to address me from now on? Is this your way of showing me you don’t want to be with me anymore?” Jeremy asked raspily.

Corinne did not call him to talk about that!

“Mister Jeremy, we’re not kids anymore. Don’t you think it’s very childish of me to keep me under house arrest just because you’re angry at me?”

“Heh. And here I thought you didn’t know I was angry at you,” replied Jeremy sarcastically.

Corinne tried to suppress her anger as she knew it would just make things worse.

“Call off your men! I need to go out.” “For what?” “Since when do I need to report to you every little detail of what I plan to do?

Where’s my freedom in all of this?” “The moment you married me, you gave up your freedom. After all, it’s normal for a husband and wife to keep a tight leash on each other,” replied Jeremy in a neutral tone.

“Jeremy Holden! We’re not legally married, so you have no right to take away my freedom!” shouted Corinne, unable to hold back her anger anymore.

“Just stay at home. I’ll come back to visit you once I find the time,” he said coldly.

After that, he hung up the phone.

Corinne was so furious that she nearly threw her phone down.

‘That b*stard! What right does he have to treat me like this? So this is his true color, huh? Oh, what a fool I am to have fallen for his nice-guy act!’ thought Corinne, gritting her teeth. She then told herself to calm down; it was more important to think of a way out than to mentally berate herself.

… Meanwhile, at Newmoon Group, Aaron was drinking coffee. For some reason unknown to him, he was feeling very anxious. He walked out of his office to look for Xante.

As soon as he pushed open his door, he saw a subordinate of his flirting with Annie, who—judging by her laughing—did not seem to mind the least.

Aaron found this weird. In the past, she would have ignored any flirting coming her way. He narrowed his eyes, curious as to why Annie would still work there after how he treated her.

The subordinate’s expression immediately became serious when he realized Aaron was staring at them. He then cleared his throat, greeted Aaron, and took the files Annie prepared for him back to his seat.

Annie was startled to see Aaron standing there too. She quickly got up and bowed to him. “Is there anything I can do for you, Mister Aaron?” she said professionally.

Aaron smiled and walked over to her. “Not at the moment. But I must say, I’m quite surprised to see you here.” “I quite like the perks and benefits this job provides, so unless the company fires me, I have no reason to resign,” replied Annie politely.

Aaron raised his eyebrow. “Won’t it be better for you to work at your uncle’s company? I’m sure he’ll arrange for you to work in a better position with a higher salary. Plus, you won’t need to make coffee for anyone there.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1122-“You’re right, Mister Aaron. My uncle would do what you said, but I don’t want to live under his protection forever. I want to learn how to be independent,” explained Annie.

Aaron was quite impressed by her attitude. “Huh, not bad. Was your colleague flirting with you just now?” The sudden change of topic shocked Annie. “No. He was asking me for help with his document. His stapler was broken, you see.” Aaron obviously did not believe her. “He’s quite the catch. He graduated from a famous university. Good-looking. Tall. You can consider him since our company has no policy against office romance.”

Annie’s gaze wavered for a second before her eyebrows furrowed as she frowned. She felt unbelievably humiliated, but she did not blow up at Aaron. She simply nodded and said, “Okay. I’ll consider him if he shows signs of being interested in me. Thank you for your concern, Mister Aaron.” After a moment of awkward silence, Aaron smiled and said, “Well, time for you to get back to work now. If anyone comes to find me, tell me I’m at Xante’s office.” “Yes, Mister Aaron.” Aaron started making his way over to Xante’s office. At some point, he tugged at his tie to loosen it.

For some reason, he felt like he was suffocating.

Xante’s office was only a few steps from his. Given their relationship, he never knocked to announce his arrival.

Instead, he simply opened the door and said, “Hey Xante, did the boss call you?

I don’t know why but I’ve been feeling an—” He stopped talking at the shocking sight before him.

Xante was pinned to the floor-to-ceiling window by a man who was sucking and kissing her neck.

‘I know that guy! He’s Sunny Rivera!’ thought Aaron in shock.

When Xante noticed Aaron had barged in, she calmly pushed Sunny away and straightened her clothes before sitting down on her chair.

“Well, finish what you started. You’ve been feeling…?” prompted Xante after taking a sip of her coffee.

Aaron snapped out of his trance. “Umm… I’ve been feeling anxious. I’m worried Jeremy would do something to hurt the boss.” Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Me too. I’m planning to call the boss later.” However, Aaron was obviously interested in something else by that point. He looked teasingly at the hickey on Xante’s neck before walking over and poking it.

“Tsk, tsk! I never knew you were so wild, Xante.” Xante frowned and was about to say something when Sunny slapped Aaron’s hand away.

“Keep your hands off her! You have no right to touch her!” said Sunny protectively.

Instead of being angry, Aaron laughed. “And you do? Is that why you were kissing her just now?” he asked with a smirk.

Sunny’s face immediately turned red from the teasing. “At least I… I have more rights than you! Just… Just keep your boundaries in the future!” Aaron raised his eyebrow. “Why do you have more right than I do?” Sunny’s face turned even red. “B—Because she…she’s my g…” Aaron grinned wider. “Yes? Go on. She’s your, what?” Sunny was too proud to finish his sentence, so he nudged Xante. “Hey, tell him what we are

 

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1123-Aaron looked at Xante. “So are you guys together?” Xante sipped her coffee before replying indifferently, “Nope.” Aaron laughed. He then looked smugly at Sunny. “Did you hear that? She said you guys aren’t together.” He did not need to fan the flames since Sunny was already angry as it was.

“How can you say that? Have you forgotten what we did that day? You… You…” The more he tried to explain himself, the redder his face got until he finally gave up.

“Oh, shut up and sit down! I’m trying to work here,” chided Xante with annoyance.

Sunny did as she said. He plumped down on the sofa, fuming.

Xante turned her attention to Aaron. “Is there anything else I can help you with?” Aaron glanced at Sunny with twinkling eyes. “Xante, you dirty dog. He’s just a kid,” he whispered teasingly.

Xante gave him the death glare. “Oh, please. He’s practically an adult. Plus, do you think I’m enjoying this? You don’t know how much I wish I could shake him off!” Aaron laughed. “When did this happen? I can’t say I ever saw you two talking.” Xante frowned. “You remember that day at the hotel? He came after you left, and then…” Aaron was burning with the desire to know what happened next. “And then you decided to…” “Hold on, hold on. Don’t get me the wrong way. I only planned to tease him a little, but he then forced me into it!” Aaron tutted and looked at her skeptically.

Since they were very good friends, they did not pay any mind to their personal spaces and would sometimes unconsciously move closer to each other while talking. Normally, this would not arouse any suspicions, but to Sunny, it was akin to breaking the law.

His eyes widened in anger when he saw Aaron standing so close to Xante. He then got up and pointed at him, saying, “Why do you need to stand so close to her? She’s not deaf! Move your face away from hers!” The angrier Sunny got, the more Aaron—being the troublemaker he was— wanted to tease him.

Aaron deliberately put his arm around Xante’s waist. “But I like being close to her. Before she knew you, we’d share a bed sometime. It’s a pity you met her too late, Mister Sunny.” “Why you!” That was the final straw for Sunny. With his anger rising, he rushed over to free Xante. “Get up! Let go of her!” Aaron scooped Xante up into his arms. “Make me,” he taunted.

“Argh! You piece of sh*t! Let go of my girlfriend! How many times do I have to tell you to keep your hands off her!” In a fit of panic, Sunny let slip the word ‘girlfriend’.

Aaron finally got what he wanted. He put down Xante, whose expression was twisted, and said, “Oh, so she’s your girlfriend! You should’ve told me sooner. I wouldn’t have touched her if I knew.” Red in the face, Sunny walked over and pulled Xante to his side. “I’m warning you. Touch her again, and I’ll kill you.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1124-Aaron put his hands up. “Okay, okay. I won’t touch her again. Plus, only you would like a workaholic like her.” Sunny’s expression hardened. He did not like anyone talking bad about his woman.

Xante took off her glasses and pinched the bridge of her nose. “You should leave if there’s nothing else. I’ll drop by your office later,” she said to Aaron.

Aaron shrugged. “Okay, fine. I won’t bother you two anymore. I’ll call the boss now.” “Don’t tell her anything about this, okay?” warned Xante.

Aaron simply gave her an ‘okay’ gesture. He understood why she would not want Corinne to find out since there was a high chance Corinne would be angry at Xante for taking away her stepbrother’s innocence.

After Aaron went out, Xante put her glasses back on and glanced coldly at Sunny. “Are you done playing? You should head home to study if you are.” “I’ve already finished studying for the day!” said Sunny defensively.

“Then go do something else someone your age would do! You being here would only get in the way of me working!” said Xante with annoyance.

As upset as Sunny was at being chased out, he did tone down his spoiled-brat attitude.

“Fine, I won’t bother you working. But promise me you’ll keep your distance away from Aaron. He doesn’t seem like a good guy to me.” Xante sat back down on her office chair and looked mockingly at him. “Why should I promise you something like that? Do you really think I’m your girlfriend?” Sunny frowned and then blushed. “Well, aren’t you? Don’t worry. I’ll take care of you!” Xante burst out laughing. “I don’t need you to take care of me. We had s*x, but so what? We’re not living in the old times where a man had to take care of a woman forever just because they slept together.” Sunny turned even redder from both shame and anger. “I don’t care. If you won’t let me take care of you, then you take care of me. After all, it… It was my first time.” ‘Oy, I wouldn’t have slept with him if I had known it was his first time,’ thought Xante. She could feel a headache coming.

That day, after Aaron left the hotel, Sunny would not let Xante leave until she answered his question. That was why she came up with the idea of teasing him to make him run away. What she did not expect was Sunny would really take off his clothes.

One thing then led to another, and they somehow ended up on the bed with her on top of him. The excitement of it all seemed to have awoken some strong desire in Sunny, and Xante found herself pinned to the bed with him taking charge on top.

Sunny became hooked after that one time. Xante could not shake him off no matter what she said or did.

Moments ago, he came to the office to find her with some made-up excuse, and before she knew it, he had pinned her to the floor-to-ceiling window which he then proceeded to bite her hard on the neck. She thought her veins were going to burst.

‘I would’ve been eaten up by this puppy if Aaron hadn’t come in at the nick of time,’ thought Xante.

As for Sunny, he was a simple-minded boy. He was the type that would never change his course of action once he had his mind set on something or someone.

“Hey, I’m hungry. When do you get off for lunch? Let’s go out to eat.” “I usually have my lunch here,” answered Xante lightly while flipping through some documents.

“Then what about me?” asked Sunny, visibly upset.

“You’re a big boy. I’m sure you can take care of your lunch yourselves,” Xante replied absent-mindedly.

Sunny glared at her vehemently. It was obvious from his pursed lips that he was not happy with the arrangement.

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1125-Xante raised her eyebrow and glanced at him. “Why are you still here? Do you need money? Is that it?” Sunny suddenly felt like Xante did care about him after all. Otherwise, she would not have offered him money.

“No. I have enough money. But you should have lunch with me.” Xante frowned. “Sorry, but there’s no ‘should’ or ‘should not’ in my world. Only a kid will use the word ‘should’ to get others to do what they want.” “I told you a million times, I’m not a kid!” “Did I say you were?” Xante asked with a scoff.

Sunny crossed his arms and sat back down on the sofa angrily. ‘Ugh! How dare she treat me like that?’ he thought. As a matter of fact, Xante was the first woman to ever treat him like he was nothing.

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and continued to focus on her task at hand. After finishing the paperwork, she was about to call for her secretary to take the documents away when she saw Sunny had fallen asleep on the sofa.

‘Should I call for the security to carry him out? But he’s the boss’ stepbrother, and she seems to have a soft spot for him… She might get angry at me if something happens to him,’ she thought while massaging her temples. The whole thing was giving her a headache.

In the end, she walked over with a blanket she kept for overnights at the office and laid it on him.

All of a sudden, Sunny snapped his eyes open. “I knew it! You do care about me!” Xante was speechless. She had made sure to be as quiet as possible to not wake him up, but it was all in vain. Annoyed, she pulled the blanket over his face and walked out of the office.

Sunny threw off the blanket and got up to chase after her. Xante was giving instructions to her secretary at the doorway, and the secretary looked at Sunny curiously when he came out of Xante’s office.

This annoyed Xante to no end, so she walked off after she finished giving instructions. Unfortunately, Sunny still followed her.

Xante suddenly stopped walking and asked irritably, “Why are you following me?” “I don’t know… I just know I want to be by your side.” Xante’s lips twitched. “Even a husband and wife need to give each other space.

Mister Sunny, I hope you’ll stop following me,” she said mockingly.

Sunny started blushing madly. “Did… Did you just call us husband and wife?

Umm… Okay, I’ll let my family know, and then I’ll bring you home to meet them.

But I have to warn you, they’ll probably only let me get married after I graduate from university. Lucas, especially, wants me to focus on my study. But if you’re in a hurry, we can go register our marriage first. I, Sunny Rivera, promise you I’ll take care of you and stay loyal to you forever.” “Enough!” The more Xante listened to him, the more annoyed she felt. ‘Does he think we’re living in the old times? There’s no law saying a man must marry a woman after he sleeps with her! Ugh. He’s so foolish to the point that it’s laughable.’ She never thought about marrying him nor did she want him to take responsibility for her.

“Mister Sunny, you seem to have mistaken me. I’m asking you to stop following me and leave me alone. If you have so much free time on your hands, you should study or do something else. Do you understand me now?” Sunny scoffed. “The school’s having a winter break, and I’ve already finished all of my homework. I have all the time in the world to hang out with you.”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1129-She was talking to Sunny for a moment, and the next, he was hauled off by a couple of men. Needing time to process what just happened, she sipped her coffee while blinking.

“That coffee must be really good for you to be in a daze,” teased Aaron.

His voice snapped Annie out of her shock. She quickly put her coffee down.

Aaron smiled at her. “Don’t worry. You’re allowed to have a little coffee break.

But why didn’t you order one for me too?” Annie got up to explain, “Umm… Actually, a colleague from another department bought this coffee, and… We didn’t get you one because we thought you wouldn’t like cheap drinks like this.”

Not wanting to throw her colleagues under the bus, she explained it in such a way that would not offend Aaron.

Aaron raised his eyebrow. “Oh, really? What makes you think I won’t drink cheap drinks? Give it to me. I want to have a taste!” ‘He wants to have a taste? But we didn’t even order one for him!’ Annie looked at him perplexedly. Before she could react, Aaron picked up her coffee from the table and sipped.

“Hey, it’s not bad. Tell them to get me one next time.” Annie’s eyes widened in surprise, and colors began creeping in on her cheek.

She looked at him in confusion. ‘Did he really just drink from my cup?! Does that mean…we kissed? No, Annie, you’re overthinking things. The thought probably never crossed his mind since he changes girlfriends like he changes underwear.

He’s probably used to having his way with women, so he didn’t drink the coffee because of me. In fact, he would’ve drank the coffee if it were anyone else other than me!’ Annie shook her head to clear her head of unrealistic thoughts. She then took back her coffee and threw it in the trash can. “Okay, Mister Aaron. I’ll ask them to order you one in the future.” Aaron narrowed his eyes and glanced at the coffee in the trash can. Suddenly he chuckled and said, “I didn’t know you disliked me so much. Sorry for ruining your coffee.” Annie frowned and said coldly, “It’s okay. I normally don’t finish my coffee anyway.” Aaron’s expression hardened. He was not used to being treated so coldly by Annie. After all, she used to be madly in love with him before. Then again, was this not what he wanted?

Xante walked over and reminded him, “Aaron, stop teasing the poor girl and get on with it.” Aaron snapped out of his trance and said seriously, “Miss Annie, we need your help.” Annie bowed slightly. “I’m always at your service, Mister Aaron.” “Are you sure? ‘Cause this isn’t a work matter but a personal matter.” Annie looked up curiously. “A personal matter? Do elaborate.” ‘He’s not going to ask me to buy condoms again, is he?’ she wondered.

Aaron put his arm around Xante’s shoulder. “We’d like to go to the Holdens’ mansion, but we’re worried they wouldn’t welcome us. So, we were hoping you’ll take us there. It should be easier for us to get in since you’re Jeremy’s niece.” Annie was a little taken aback by his request. “But why do you want to go to Uncle Jeremy’s house, Mister Aaron? Did something happen?”

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1130-“We want to see how Corinne and the baby are doing and to pass her some supplements too,” replied Aaron.

“If that’s the case, you don’t need me to bring you, right? I mean, I’m sure the Holdens would welcome you if that’s all you wanted to do,” said Annie, confused.

Aaron raised his eyebrow. “It’s better if we bring you. What if they wouldn’t let us in? It’ll mean we went there for nothing.” Annie thought the whole thing was rather weird, but what Aaron said made some sense as well. Thus, she nodded and said, “Okay. Shall we leave after work?”

“No. We can leave right now if it’s okay with you.” “Right now?” Annie blinked and checked the time on her phone. “Well, I am kind of free… Oh, alright. Let’s go then.” Annie picked up her bag and shoved her phone inside. She then put on her coat and followed Aaron and Xante to the elevator.

On the way, Aaron saw from the corner of his eyes the same brand of coffee Annie was drinking moments before sitting on top of a male colleague’s desk.

He even saw Annie and the male colleague exchanging smiles. Not to mention, the male colleague was exactly the one who flirted with her before.

Once the driver drove the car around, Annie got in the front passenger seat while Xante and Aaron sat in the back seat.

Annie looked out of the window and she suddenly thought of something. She took her phone out from her bag and texted Corinne, [Hey, I’m on the way to see you with Mister Aaron and Miss Xante. Is there anything you want me to get for you?] She waited for a few minutes for Corinne to reply, but when she did not, she exited out of the app. However, a few seconds later, she received a text from Marcus Bing, her colleague.

[Why did you go out with Mister Aaron and Miss Xante?] [They asked me to help them with some personal matters.] [Personal matters? I didn’t know you’re that close with them.] [Not really. We just happen to have mutual friends.] [I see. Doesn’t this mean you won’t have time for lunch? Is there anything to eat at the place you’re going?] Annie was pleasantly surprised. It had been so long since someone cared about her. Touched, she was about to reply when Aaron said, “Miss Annie, you can text all you want, but you better not let anyone know where we’re going.” Annie’s fingers froze. She instinctively hid her phone from view before turning back to check whether Aaron was snooping in on her texts. She secretly sighed with relief when she saw he was settled comfortably in his seat.

“Don’t worry, Mister Aaron. I only texted Corinne to ask her if I can get her anything,” said Annie.

Aaron smiled. “That’s fine, then.” Annie felt like Aaron seemed more threatening than usual, but she could not quite put her finger on why she felt like that.

She quickly shot off another text to Marcus. [Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to have my lunch. Catch you later.] [Stay safe. Call me if you need anything.] [Sure!] After that, Annie checked one more time for Corinne’s reply, but there was none.

Thus, she put her phone back into her bag.

Aaron narrowed his eyes when he saw Annie acting suspiciously when she was replying to the messages. He then smiled mockingly and asked, “Someone has a little crush on Marcus, I see?” ‘So he was snooping after all! How else would he know who I was texting?’ thought Annie in shock.