Annie had been offended by what Aaron said to her in the bathroom earlier that day. She did not want to talk to him anymore and even considered skipping work the next day.
Perhaps he genuinely did view her with contempt. There seemed to be no other explanation for why he would say such humiliating things to her!
"You're not planning on going home? Where are you going, then?" Aaron asked. He was leaning against the car window with his head jutting out slightly.
"I don't have to report everything to you now that I've clocked off work," retorted Annie without looking at him.
Aaron frowned slightly. "You came with the two of us today, so it's considered official company business. We'll have to bear the responsibility if anything happens to you on the way home. Please get in the car, and stop being so unreasonable."
Annie insisted, "Don't worry. Even if something happens to me, I'm not going to blame you and Miss Xante. You should go home and get some rest! Bye!" She then turned into an alley that cars could not drive into.
She was incredibly annoyed at that moment and did not want to hear Aaron's disruptive voice.
It was wintertime, during which the sun set much earlier. When Aaron saw Annie turning into the dark alley alone, he narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment before asking the driver to stop the car.
Xante glanced at him and could immediately tell what Aaron was thinking. She adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and said, "Men are such jerks."
Aaron shrugged. "I have no shame in admitting that."
He got out of the car and chased Annie into the alley. Xante did not want to wait for him any longer, so she raised her chin and signaled for the driver to leave.
The alley that Annie ran into was dark, but Aaron caught up to her in no time. In response, Annie quickened her pace and ran out of the alley. She arrived at a lively area with many people.
Aaron rushed out after her. He was about to go up to her when he saw Annie coming up to a man.
As the two of them walked in the crowd toward the nearby subway station, neither of them noticed that Aaron was staring at the two of them away from the crowd. He had a somewhat contrived look on his face.
'Tch. She seemed to move on pretty quickly. It seemed she already agreed to watch a movie with her colleagues.'
Men who invited women to watch horror movies would almost certainly have ulterior motives, that much Aaron was certain. 'What does this have to do with me, though?'
Aaron smirked nonchalantly and turned around to take a taxi home. However, he clenched his fists tightly after barely taking a few steps and headed for the subway. No matter how he tried to wrap his head around it, he could not bear to imagine Annie hugging her colleague at the movie theater during the jumpscares in the movie.
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Back at the Holdens, Corinne had gone upstairs after dinner. Joey was playing with some toys on the bed under the watchful eyes of two maids. With her in the room, she allowed the maids to excuse themselves.
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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...