Aaron snorted and turned to look at Annie. "Girls shouldn't be too soft, Annie. Treat him the same way he was prepared to treat you earlier."
His implication was clear as he glanced at the glass of orange juice in Annie's hand.
Annie understood right away. She had grown fed up with Gibby and no longer cared about maintaining her ladylike image. After removing the straw from her glass, she held it up and splashed it on Gibby's face.
Gibby barely had time to react when the sticky juice drenched the most expensive shirt in his wardrobe. He specifically chose that for the blind date.
Furious, his temper flared, and he raised his hand. "You... You b—"
Aaron cleared his throat lightly. "Remember. All our employees must respect women."
Realizing that acting on his anger could jeopardize his chance to secure a decent job at a big company, Gibby froze mid-sentence and stopped short of uttering the B-word. He mustered an ugly smile and said, "I'll happily go through this if it helps ease your anger, Miss Annie."
He then turned to Aaron and asked, "Mister Aaron, will this suffice to prove that I respect women?"
Aaron could not be bothered to have him linger around any longer. "You may go."
Gibby sought to confirm if he was still accepted for the job. "Does that mean I can clock into my first day of work at Newmoon Group tomorrow?"
"Yes." Aaron nodded.
"And it has nothing to do with you in the first place!" Annie avoided his gaze as her face grew even redder.
Unexpectedly, Aaron rested his chin on her shoulder. His tone turned somewhat suggestive as he said. "Who says it has nothing to do with me? It's not okay for anyone to bully you. I can't stand it, and I won't allow it."
The weight on her shoulder surprised her, prompting her to exclaim, "Ah! Y—Y—You're too close! Sit over there! It's making me uncomfortable!"
Aaron raised his chin knowingly and smiled faintly. "You're a little warm even though the restaurant has air-conditioning. Why is that? Do you feel warm because I'm too close to you?" he asked teasingly.
Annie's face grew even redder. She turned away unhappily and said, "Cut it out, or I'll get mad at you!"
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...