The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1270

Aaron took the chocolate from Annie's hand. Instead of eating it, he simply stared at it.

"Did you buy this? Or was it Marcus?"

"Actually…Marcus bought it for me," said Annie truthfully.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. "So he won you over with this cheap chocolate? He might as well not buy it. Only chocolates from master chocolatiers are good enough to eat!"

Annie did not like his attitude. "Mister Aaron, you can give me back the chocolate if you don't want to eat it. But you should know not everyone is rich or can spend thousands on a box of chocolates like you."

Aaron smiled at Annie. "Well, that certainly doesn't apply to you. Your Uncle Jeremy can even hire a master chocolatier to go to your house to create custom chocolates right in front of your eyes, no?"

Annie's eyes flickered. "I can do that, but…Marcus can't! His family isn't that rich, so he can't be wasting money on frivolous stuff like chocolates!"

Aaron chuckled softly. "How is it wasteful when he's buying it for his girlfriend?"

"He'll buy it for me if I say I want it, but I don't want him to be spending money on me!" explained Annie.

Aaron smiled and shook his head. He then put the chocolate on the coffee table, stood up, and looked down on her condescendingly.

"Don't you know that it's best not to marry someone poorer than you? Sure, you can try to be frugal once or twice, but as time goes on, you'll come to resent him for not being able to give you the good life."

Annie did not dare to meet his gaze. She turned away and said, "How am I marrying someone poorer than I am? Weren't you the one who told me that Marcus came from a very good family? Both of his parents are intellectuals, and you even said he's a very talented young man."

Aaron scoffed. "I'm only saying that from the perspectives of other female employees in the company. How the heck could I guess that you'd fall in love with him so quickly?"

Annie was speechless. 'What does he mean by that?'

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For the next three days, Tommy would keep watch at Corinne's apartment from morning until the other bodyguards hired by the Holdens came to change shifts with him at night.

Corinne, Xante, and Aaron started to get used to this arrangement. After all, it was not like they could chase them away, and it was not so bad to have free bodyguards looking after the apartment.

One morning, Tommy was standing guard at the entrance as usual while both Xante and Aaron had gone to work, leaving Corinne alone with him.

The doorbell suddenly rang at around 10 o'clock.