"Well, you wouldn't have taken the time to play with Joey if you didn't like kids, right?" asked Annie.
"Oh, I'm only doing it to help you. You looked kind of tired taking care of him," answered Aaron.
Annie was stunned, and her heart actually skipped a beat. 'He's only doing this to help me… No, Annie! Don't overthink this. I shouldn't take the words of a serial flirter seriously.'
She shook her head to clear her mind. "Thanks for helping, but I still think you must've liked kids. Otherwise, you'll find the whole thing annoying after five minutes. Just like my ex. He hates kids so much that he'd growl at any kid who comes near him."
Aaron narrowed his eyes at the mention of Annie's ex. "Then why did you choose to be with him?" he asked with a smirk.
Annie sighed and said sadly, "He actually treats me quite well, so I thought he'd change after we have kids of our own. But then I found out it was all an act. He just wanted to use me to get close to Uncle Jeremy's family."
Aaron used Joey's chubby little finger to poke Annie's face, causing her to smile shyly.
"There, there. It's all in the past now. Plus, it's your ex's loss for not knowing a good thing when he had it. So cheer up, buttercup."
'Does he mean I'm the good thing?' thought Annie with shock. 'Then why doesn't he like me? He might as well not say things like that since it's making me more confused than ever.'
At that moment, Annie's phone suddenly rang.
"Hey, Marcus. What's up?" she asked after she answered the call.
"Hey, Annie… Are you still with Mister Aaron and Miss Xante?" Marcus asked gently and shyly. "It's already lunchtime, so I was wondering whether you need me to help you order some food delivery… I'm actually quite worried you'll pass out from hunger."
"Okay, sure. I'll wait for your text then."
Annie immediately received a text from Marcus after she hung up the phone.
It was a picture of an all-black movie poster with only the word 'Curse' in red blood color.
"Hey, it's a horror movie," said Aaron near her suddenly.
Annie quickly looked up and saw Aaron was looking at her phone too. She instinctively put her phone away and scolded him.
"Mister Aaron, you should really stop snooping on other people's phones."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...