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?"
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...