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 bidder number seven!”

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

half million going once!

he struck the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from

the auctioneer by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before.

raised the bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would

frowned and wondered why Jeremy was still there.

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

“Bid

“Right!”

of four million by buyer number seven.

the five-million bid from bidder

We now

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

issue at that juncture was a lack

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

had no choice but

auctioneer sealed the deal with a knock of the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with a final price

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

not very popular either. Jeremy’s reasons for bidding such

receptionists from the auction house came into

here? How did you even get to sit in this room?” one of

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

and before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me lose my

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

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

house rushed over with several security personnel. He had

was taken away by the security guards and yelled out loud, “You’re a b*tch, Corinne! F*ck you! You made me lose

girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding

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 front

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a hostile

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

a cold

hesitate at all as he turned his head to the

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