Chapter 20
The Day I Kissed An Older Man
âYou need to entertain our guests, Juan! I can handle the bridesmaids just fine, so donât worry too
much about it!â Annie ushered Juan out of the dressing room in a half-coquettish manner.
She then turned and beamed at Corinne, who had changed into her bridesmaid dress. âYouâre so
pretty, Aunt Corinne! Now I get why my uncle decided not to be celibate
anymore and get married!â
Corinneâs lips twitched as she smiled dryly. âIâm your bridesmaid today, so donât call me Aunt Corinne.
Just â Corinneâ will do.â
Annie nodded. âAlright then, Corinne! How did you and my uncle get to know each other?â
âHow did I get to know your uncle, you ask? I have five words for you: I wish it never happened!â
Corinneâs brow furrowed a little. âWe can talk about that another time. Itâs your big day today! We
should be talking about how you and your soon-to-be husband met!â
Annie was more than happy to talk about her love story with Juan. Women usually filtered out all the
bad stuff about their boyfriends, so all they talked about was how wonderful and sweet the two of them
were.
Two other girls entered the dressing room not long later, and they happened to be the part-time
bridesmaids that Annie hired.
Annie arranged for the two of them to change into the bridesmaidâs clothes and answered a phone call.
She rushed out not long later, but not before asking Corinne to help her welcome the fourth and final
part-time bridesmaid, who was arriving very soon.
A few minutes later, the door swung open and Zoey walked into the dressing room. âWhereâs the
bridesmaid dress?â
Corinne raised her hand and pointed. âOver there!â
Her presence caused Zoeyâs face to scrunch up in disgust. âCorinne? Youâre here too? What are you
doing here?â
Corinne was busy scrolling her phone while leaning lazily on the sofa. She looked up at Zoey, and
answered calmly, âIâm a bridesmaid, and Iâm here to save a wedding.â
Zoey had lost her job at the auction house, and her credit card repayment due date was fast
approaching. When she saw an urgent job opportunity online that offered to pay a daily rate of 300
dollars in exchange for being a bridesmaid, she jumped on the chance without a second thought and
rushed over.
It was a surprise to her that Corinne had become a part-time bridesmaid!
She looked disdainfully at Corinne in the bridesmaid dress. âWell, well! Didnât you have a sugar daddy
in the auction house this morning? Why did you take a job to be a part-time bridesmaid? Were you
dumped? I bet
you were.â
Corinne did not answer and merely continued to scroll through her phone.
Zoey assumed that her guess was right and that Corinne was embarrassed. She snorted triumphantly,
â
Serves you right! Did you really think those rich men would take you seriously? Theyâre just playing
with you!
â
Corinne continued to ignore Zoey, and the latter kept on taunting her a couple more times before going
to get changed. However, she frowned when she saw the last remaining bridesmaid dress on the
hanger.
She eschewed it because of its simplicity and lack of design!
When she turned around and saw the dress with ruffles that Corinne was wearing, she walked over
and demanded in an entitled manner, âHey! Take off that dress on you and switch with me!â
Corinne cocked her eyebrow. âWhy?â
Zoey said righteously, âBecause you made me lose my job twice! You owe me!â
Corinne smirked coldly. âI wonder who it was that made me lose my job?â
That was none of Zoeyâs concern, and she had already raised her hand to try and take off the dress by
force. Quit whining. Give it to me!â
Corinne had an impatient expression and immediately clenched her fists, but she stopped herself from
doing anything when she thought of Annieâs happy smile. It was Annieâs wedding, after all, and finding
four bridesmaids had not been an easy task. The ceremony was about to start soon, and it was
important for everything to proceed smoothly.
âFine. Iâll switch with you.â
âThatâs more like it!â
After changing into that dress, Zoey beamed with satisfaction as she looked at herself in the mirror
from all angles. She felt absolutely beautiful, until she saw Corinne walking out of the dressing room
with a yawnâ¦
Corinne had changed into the bridesmaid dress that Zoey did not like, but her look and temperament
were just as beautiful as in the other dress. In fact, her shoulders and neck seemed slender and well-
rounded, while her skin appeared even whiter than ever before. She looked good not because the
dresses looked good, but because she had elevated the dresses to a whole new level of extravagance
when she wore them.