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.

half million from

such a bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the ‘number

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

uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy

by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared

an amount.

wondered why Jeremy was still

her. “What in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to flaunt his

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

bid of four million by buyer number seven.

do! Here comes the five-million

bidder number seven is going even higher! We now have

million!

the development. Her main issue

to you, perhaps we can

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

no choice but to heed her words.

of the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder number one

million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people

not a particularly mainstream painter, and her works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s reasons for

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

How did you even get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists

person as Zoey, who had apparently taken up a job as a receptionist at the auction house after being fired by Alpha

stared at Corinne in shock, and before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy

Jeremy had just walked out of the room

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

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

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

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?’ He narrowed his eyes coldly and turned around to walk

receiving an apology from the latter, and he

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a hostile

nodded with a smile. “Is

a cold voice, “Tell her to

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

overalls came out from room seven and stared