The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1252

Annie looked left and right to try and find Aaron, but he was nowhere to be seen. All she saw was her phone charging on the bedside table. She took it and saw that the topmost unread message was from Aaron.

[I slept in the living room last night. I carried you into the room and didn't do anything else. Don't make any assumptions!]

Annie's heart began beating faster. Her cheeks turned red, and she wondered to herself, 'What is he trying to do? Gosh, I'm getting all flustered by his message!'

When she scrolled down, she saw more than 99 unread messages that her boyfriend Marcus had sent to her. Annie was a little embarrassed. Her feelings were all over the place the day before that she forgot to reply to Marcus's messages!

When she clicked on Marcus's chat, she noticed he had sent a flurry of messages asking her location, what she was doing, and if she was asleep.

The most recent message had been sent in the morning. [Why are you ignoring me, Annie? Please reply if you see my messages!]

Annie replied apologetically. [Sorry, I was so busy thinking about my aunt and uncle that I forgot to check my message!]

Marcus replied within seconds. [It's fine! I was just worried about you. I'm glad you're alright, though! Where are you now?]

Annie answered truthfully, [I'm still with my aunt! I'm fine, don't worry!]

[Shall I pick you up at noon? Let's have lunch together, just the two of us!]

For some reason, Annie hesitated before replying, [Umm... Okay! You don't have to pick me up, though. I'll go to you!]

[I'll wait for you, then!]

After ending the conversation with Marcus, Annie got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she walked out of Aaron's bedroom, she saw Corinne sitting alone at the dining room bar. She had her laptop open and was eating breakfast.

Corinne took another sip of warm milk and narrowed her eyes. "It's a good project. We can go ahead once the conditions are agreed upon. Needless to say, we need to beware of any loopholes in the contract."

"Understood," Xante said. "I'll bring a team of lawyers to discuss this with them."

Corinne massaged the top of her nose bridge after the call ended. She was already exhausted even though she had just woken up.

She could not help but feel that Jeremy had something to do with Holden Group's eagerness to cooperate with Newmoon Group.

Anything that was out of the ordinary warranted much greater scrutiny. Should they refuse to cooperate, Holden Group would have another project for them. Rather than refuse outright, it would be better to take things as they came and handle everything one step at a time.

All of a sudden, the doorbell rang.