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 number seven!”

bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the ‘number seven’ placard

and a half million going once! Going twice! Going thrice,

the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from room

and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three

an

why Jeremy was

upset as her. “What in the world is

calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

by buyer number seven. Do

five-million

bidder number seven is going even higher! We now have

Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the

annoyed at the development. Her main issue at that

suggested, “Since this painting is very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to

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

no choice but to

knock of the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder

astonished to see bidder number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people could do whatever they

Nymphaea in her spare time. Despite being relatively well-known, she was not a particularly mainstream painter, and her works were not very

the auction house came into

are you here? How did you even get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists suddenly exclaimed.

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

spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne!

room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was

applied for the job a day ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone

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

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

that occasion—there was no doubt that someone named Corinne was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in room

auction house manager away after receiving an apology from the latter, and he was about to close the door when Jeremy’s tall figure appeared right in

there a Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron

moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is

handsome eyes narrowed slightly as he said in a

his head to the room and said, “Hey, someone’s looking for

girl in overalls came out from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can I