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The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1211-‘Hmph! Does he think he can treat his employee like this just because he’s the vice president of the company? It’s not like he’s the only vice president in the world. I should ask Marcus to quit and go work for Uncle Jeremy!’ thought Annie.Aaron must have guessed what she was thinking of because his smile deepened. “Annie, please step into my office for a moment.” Annie was a little taken aback. ‘This is weird. Did I hear wrong? Why would he ask me to go into his office?’ Annie never once turned behind to look at him as she did not want to see him.Without even needing to think twice, she rejected his invitation. “Mister Aaron, I don’t work for you anymore. I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to go into your office.” “Have you forgotten you haven’t gone through the formal resignation procedures? So technically, you’re still an employee here. Now would you step into my office?” he asked sternly.“No! I won’t. I told you I’ve quit!” Aaron walked around her so that they would face each other. He leaned down a little and looked into her eyes. “Be a good girl and come into my office. I want to talk to you about your resignation and have you sign some papers. That way, it’ll be easier to look for a new job.” ‘Good girl’. That sounded too flirtatious. That nickname made it sound like they were dating!As her boyfriend, Marcus was displeased by Aaron’s tone, even if he was his boss.Annie was quite angry as well, but she feared that if she turned Aaron down again, he would say something even worse.“Marcus, wait for me while I hand in my resignation. We’ll go through lunch after that,” said Annie.Marcus looked worriedly at Annie. He wanted to go with her too but knew there was nothing he could do even if he was there. Thus, he simply nodded.After that, Annie followed Aaron into his office.“Mister Aaron, can you please make this quick? My boyfriend is waiting for me outside,” said Annie.Aaron closed the door, took his suit jacket, and threw it on the sofa before loosening his tie as he walked to his desk. “What? Now that you have a boyfriend, you can’t even spare me some time?” Annie smirked disdainfully. “I’m not like you. You can flirt with countless girls at any time, but I know how to keep my boundaries with the opposite sex out of respect for my boyfriend.” Aaron snorted at this. He rested his chin on his hand and said, “So do you plan to marry an ordinary office worker?” Annie frowned and said seriously, “Of course I do! Marriage is an end-goal for every relationship I have. I’m not in the market for playing games. And what’s wrong with marrying an ordinary office worker? You shouldn’t look down on people like that!” Aaron narrowed his eyes. “Then does that mean you were thinking of marrying me when you were courting me?” Annie was a little taken aback by the question. She started blushing madly and said, “I don’t want to admit it, but yes. I wanted to marry you then, but now? I see that you’re not even interested in dating a girl who takes relationships seriously like me! So don’t worry, I won’t ever bother you anymore.” Annie kept her eyes off him the whole time she was speaking. It was obvious she was deliberately avoiding looking at him, which meant still cared very much about him.Aaron narrowed his eyes. “Then what if I say I want to have a serious relationship with you now?” Annie’s heart skipped a beat. ‘What… What did he just say?

The Day I Kissed An Older Man Chapter 1212-Meanwhile, in Xante’s office.

Corinne sat at Xante’s desk. She looked through financial reports for the past six months and the latest project status updates.

Xante had ordered a cup of warm milk for her, and she took it to Corinne after getting it from her secretary. “Here, drink this. The reports can wait.” “Okay. Thanks.” Corinne’s eyes never left the computer screen while she sipped her milk.

At that moment, Xante’s phone rang, so she walked off a little distance to pick it up. Her expression was riddled with mixed feelings after she hung up. “Umm… Boss?”

Corinne kept her eyes on the computer screen. “Yes? Speak!” Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Someone from Holden Group just called.” “And what did that person say?” “The person in charge said that Mister Jeremy is very happy with the building we’ve designed and built, so they’d like to work on a project with us again. They have a new project in Southbank and would like us to take over the construction, so he called to ask for a meeting.” Corinne looked up at Xante. “What do you think?” Xante thought this was out of character for the company. Most of the time construction companies would have to fight with each other to get projects from Holden Group; rarely would the company bypass the tendering process to deliver an order like this to a construction company.

Especially not when Jeremy had found out about Corinne’s other identity.