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.

million from

once again astonished to see such a bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the ‘number seven’

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

uttered the

spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from bidder number

round of shocked 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

why Jeremy

in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem?

calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

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

Here comes the five-million bid

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

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

annoyed at the development. Her main issue

very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it for

head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal

had no choice but

was soon announced that bidder

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 want with their

was lost in thought. Her mother had only painted under the pseudonym Nellie Nymphaea in her spare time. Despite being relatively well-known, she was not a particularly mainstream painter, and her works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s reasons for bidding

came

even get to sit in this room?” one of the female

and recognized the person as Zoey, who had apparently taken up a job as

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

had just walked out of the room and was about to leave

she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the venue and left an extremely bad impression on

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

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

heard her crystal clear on 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 seven?’

just sent the 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

here?” Jeremy shot

moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk to her about?”

said in a cold voice,

as he turned his head

came out from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can