The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

The sun began to set, and nightfall soon came.

The bedroom at the Holdens’ house was huge, and so was the bed. After Corinne was brought there, Jeremy passed her over to some maids and instructed them, “Get her ready.”

The maids rushed forward and washed her face before putting some makeup on her. Then, she was dressed in a traditional white wedding dress, complete with a veil that covered her face. Since her vision was blurred by the veil, Corinne could see only a patch of white in front of her. As soon as she looked down, however, she saw his expensive, beautifully-crafted leather shoes near her feet.

The man’s deep, cello-like voice rang in her ears. “Cooperate with me. I won’t do anything to you.”

Behind his rather soothing tone was a strong sense of unseen pressure.

At that moment, Corinne was well aware that there was nowhere on earth she could run to. After all, if he could locate her home, he could easily find her regardless of where she ran off to.

Corinne gritted her teeth. “Fine. I’ll cooperate with you. This is the price I have to pay for messing with you. You need to give me an exact timeline though, and by that, I mean, how long do you expect me to cooperate with you? Once it’s time up, we’ll go our separate ways without ever seeing each other again.”

Jeremy was not romantically interested in her either, so he coldly replied, “Three months.”

Three months was sufficient time for his grandfather to recover from the surgery, and besides, he did not want to get involved with this woman for too long.

“Deal!” Three months was not too long nor too short, and Corinne was more or less able to accept that duration. She then took the initiative to hold the man’s hand.

“Let’s go, mister! It’s time to marry you!”

Jeremy froze slightly and glanced down at Corinne holding his hand. To his surprise, he was not particularly averse to her touch, despite his usual disinclination for physical contact.

Corinne’s hands were dainty and soft to the touch.

…

The Holdens arranged a grand yet traditional wedding. Corinne and Jeremy walked into the banquet hall to partake in the simple wedding ceremony. She was later sent to a room with an atmosphere that screamed ‘newlyweds’.

he found Corinne sitting straight on the edge of the bed. Since she had not taken off her white veil, she looked like a shy little newlywed

glimmer flashed across the man’s eyes and he said coldly. “You can relax now. There’s no need for us to play-pretend at

not

not quite right, so he strode over and reached out to lift her white veil. Under the warm glow of the room light, a small fairy-like face came into

to wonder if she actually fell asleep while sitting

turn, her body lost its balance while she was still asleep, and her body

as not to let

did not wake up.

his embrace. It was the first time he saw her true face

true appearance, sans all the god-awful makeup, turned out to be rather beautiful.

scent lingering too close to her. It was then that she realized that Jeremy was

that men are supposed to keep their hands off of women. This marriage isn’t real.

his kindness with hostility the moment she opened her eyes. Had he not been considerate enough

eyes. “Who told you that you and

and said warily, “Are you trying to go back on your word, mister? We agreed to end this

over in three months.” Jeremy smirked. “But I don’t remember promising that nothing will

Corinne’s chin as soon as he finished his sentence. There was a thin layer of calluses on his rough fingertips, which exuded a

always keep their word, mister! How could you just act like some rascal?” Corinne stared at him and shook her head vigorously, but that was not

from up close. When he saw that Corinne’s face was all scrunched up, he let go of her with a sneer and said disdainfully, “Don’t think too highly of

a sigh of relief, but she was nonetheless pissed. “Heh. Glad

‘Who is she calling old and energetic?’

raised his hand and poked Jeremy’s chest. “Could you please step aside, mister?

at her condescendingly without moving away. Corinne remained

raised high, the sound of

of a situation she was in. It was only after she was done with her bath that she realized she did not

wear

out from the bathroom door, where she saw Jeremy still sitting there on the

“Please hand me the