Corinne remained composed and explained calmly to Sophia, "I am one of the guests invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. I went upstairs to have a look, and I wanted to look for the bathroom. That was how I entered this room by accident."
Sophia did not buy her explanation at all. She looked at Corinne suspiciously and asked, "Do you think you can fool me by claiming that you're one of the guests? Or that you came into the wrong room because you were looking for the bathroom? I didn't know that someone like you was one of the guests. What's your name?"
"I'm Moon," said Corinne, "the designer of this building. If you don't believe me, you can call the person in charge of Newmoon Group to confirm. The Newmoon Group was contracted to prepare this design. I was searching for the bathroom earlier and I entered the wrong door. Now, if you'll excuse me, I still have several matters to deal with." Corinne showed Sophia the tag she had just shown to the staff and immediately walked past her to leave.
Sophia looked at the tag and saw 'Special Guest–Moon' written on it. However, her womanly intuition kept telling her something was not quite right with that thick-clothed, masked woman.
After some more thought, Sophia decided to stop her again.
Corinne was a little unhappy when Sophia stopped her, and her displeasure could be seen through the eye holes in the mask. "Is there anything else?"
Sophia held up the tag Corinne showed her and said, "This is from Holden Group, but there's no photograph on it. For all I know, you could've just swiped it off the real Moon!"
Corinne chuckled. "Ma'am, didn't I just tell you you can call the Newmoon Group to confirm this?"
Sophia remained steadfast. "How can I be sure even if I call them? They can't describe what Moon looks like even if I call them. I don't even know what you look like when you dress like that. You need to at least take off your hat and mask and show me your face!"
"Sorry," Corinne refused, "but you have no right to be asking me that."
"If you suspect me of stealing something, you're free to check the office to see if anything is missing. Don't just suspect me based on gut instinct."
Sophia opened her hands. "How can I remember what's in here when it's not even my office? My suspicion is based on my gut feeling! I respect your privacy, so I won't search you myself. I'll just call the police and get them to confirm both your identity and whether you've stolen anything!"
Corinne was speechless. 'This woman is such a pain in the neck! I can't let her call the police because they'll request me to show my government-issued ID. My identity will be revealed...'
Corinne looked calmly at Sophia. "Must you suspect me to such an extent? I'm one of the guests today, and the media took photos of me during the ceremony! You can ask them to come up and confirm that I was one of the guests there!"
Sophia then argued, "The media were all gone when I came. There's no one to confirm your presence for you! However, I will let you go if you show me your face."
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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...