The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

“Boss? Aren’t we going in?” Aaron asked.

Corinne was rooted to the ground as she watched Jeremy get out of the car and walk into Peakrise Auction House. With a frown, she said, “I saw someone I’d rather not see. Let’s wait a while before going in.”

Aaron looked in the direction of Corinne’s gaze. “That seems to be Jeremy from the Holdens. Do you know him?”

Corinne looked disgusted. “Not really.”

…

The auction hall was divided into upper and lower floors. The first floor was for ordinary buyers, while the second floor was for VIP buyers who did not wish to show their identity. They were granted excellent privacy and were identifiable by their room numbers.

Jeremy was in room one, while Corinne was in room seven.

After several unremarkable artifacts were auctioned off, a set of bronze pieces from this auction were carried to the display stand. Once the auctioneer gave a brief lecture on the background and value of the artifacts, bidding commenced at 1.5 million dollars.

“Two million!”

“Three million!”

“Four million!”

…

Eventually, the mysterious bidder from Room One managed to bid for the set of bronze artifacts at a high price of four million, which elicited gasps of awe from the audience.

Inside room seven, Corinne leaned lazily on the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief. Jeremy seemed to have been eyeing the set of bronze artifacts, and judging from the fact that he had already secured it, he would probably leave soon since there was no reason for him to remain there.

“The next piece is a posthumously published painting titled ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ by the famous impressionist painter Nellie Nymphaea. The starting price is seven hundred and fifty thousand!”

“We have a bid of eight hundred thousand from bidder number three!

“Bidder number eleven, nine hundred thousand!

“And now bidder number five, nine hundred and fifty thousand!”

Corinne raised her chin to give Aaron the signal that he could start raising his placard.

and a half million from bidder

audience was once again astonished to see such a bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind

to count, “One and a half million going once! Going twice! Going thrice,

the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his

in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three

gasps resonated through the hall when bidder number one raised the bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a bidding war between bidder number one and

and wondered why Jeremy was

“What in the world is Mister

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

a bid of four million by buyer number seven. Do we have a higher bid?

five-million

is going even higher! We now have six million from bidder

one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor? No? Alright

issue at that juncture was a lack of money.

important to you, perhaps we

divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to get it. We can let Jeremy

no choice but to heed

it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured

at several times more than its

not a particularly mainstream painter, and her works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s reasons for bidding such a high price for ‘Geese

receptionists from the auction house came into their room to serve coffee

sit in this room?” one of the female

Zoey, who had apparently taken up a job as a receptionist at the auction house after

She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me lose my job, while you’re living

the entire auction hall could hear it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps

she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the venue

over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the bidder in room

heading for the sack that day, so she let all hell loose when she was taken away by the security guards and yelled out loud, “You’re a b*tch, Corinne! F*ck you! You made me lose my job twice now! It won’t be long before your man gets tired of f*cking your

And she was

the auction house manager away after receiving an apology from the latter, and he was about to close

here?” Jeremy

taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk

he said in a cold voice, “Tell her to

did not hesitate at all as he turned his head to the room and said, “Hey, someone’s looking for you!”

and