The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Marcus frowned when Annie failed to respond.
“You don’t want to marry me? Is it because you think a lowly employee like me isn’t worthy of marrying you? Is this what you
mean when you say you’re serious about me?”
Annie quickly shook her head. “No, no, no. It’s just that... This is too sudden for me. I was too shocked by your proposal.”
Marcus suddenly put down his utensils and grabbed Annie’s hands. “Annie, I really, really like you. That’s why I get jealous
whenever I see you being close to another man. Trust me, I’ll work hard in the future to give you a good life. Annie, I love you.
Will you marry me?”
Annie remained shocked. She could not put a finger on her emotions at that moment. Her heart did not race nor did she feel
butterflies in her stomach. She did not even feel overwhelmed with joy in the slightest!
It was very complicated, to say the least.
At that moment, Marcus’ colleagues—who sat at the table next to them—overheard his proposal and shouted, “Marry him! Marry
him! Marry him!”
The other staff looked at them with interest before breaking out in the same chorus, “Marry him! Marry him! Marry him!”
Marcus laughed, happy that his colleagues were giving their support. He then got down on one knee and looked deeply into
Annie’s eyes.
“Annie, will you give me the honor of marrying you with the blessings of our colleagues?”
Annie turned bright red. “I...”
A graceful man’s voice suddenly cut through the noise at that moment. “What’s all this commotion?”
Everyone instantly quietened down and went back to eating after they recognized the voice to be Aaron’s.
A staff member known for being a busybody stood up and explained, “Mister Aaron, Marcus is proposing to his girlfriend, so
we’re just trying to show our support.”
“Oh. A proposal, huh?” Aaron walked toward Marcus’ and Annie’s table with a smile. However, the look he gave them let them
know what he was exactly thinking about.

Marcus, still down on one knee, stuttered, “Uhh... Hi, Mister Aaron. I’m still on my lunch break, so I hope you don’t mind me
proposing to my girlfriend.”
Aaron smiled and said teasingly, “And what would you do if I said I do mind?”
Marcus frowned with caution. “I don’t understand why you’d mind.”
Aaron looked down at him condescendingly. “I mind because you’re bringing shame to every man on earth!”
Marcus was stunned. “Uhh... That doesn’t make any sense at all! What’s so shameful about proposing to my girlfriend?”
Aaron scoffed. “A proposal is one of a lifetime, so you should treat it seriously. And yet you chose to propose in a company’s
cafeteria. Not to mention, you only took your food and none for your girlfriend. That’s not the worst of it. How can you not prepare
a ring at all? If this isn’t shameful, I don’t know what is.”
Marcus turned bright red with embarrassment. “The proposal was a spur-of-a-moment thing, so I didn’t prepare a ring in
advance. But I’ll definitely buy a ring for her later.”
Aaron raised an eyebrow. “Is that so? How many carats are you planning to buy?”
Marcus did not expect Aaron to ask him that. After some awkward hemming and hawing, he finally said, “Mister Aaron, I’m not as
rich as you, so I can’t afford a big diamond ring. Of course, I’ll buy the most expensive ring I could afford.”
Aaron smiled mockingly. “I understand. It’s the thought that counts after all, right? To show my support, I’ll give everyone in the
company the rest of the day off so that you can go buy the ring. Come back to propose again after you get the ring. We’ll all be
waiting for you here.”
Marcus’ expression froze. “Mister Aaron, this is between me and my girlfriend. I know you’re my boss, but it’s still inappropriate
for you to meddle in our affairs,” he said unhappily.
Aaron pulled out a chair and sat next to Annie. “I’m friends with your girlfriend’s uncle and aunt. Technically speaking, I’m your
girlfriend’s elder too, not an outsider. Don’t think you can get away with proposing to Annie without a diamond ring. You won’t be
able to get past me, let alone her uncle and aunt, that way.”