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.

a half million from bidder

once again astonished to see such a bid, and they began wondering who the

“One and a half million going once! Going

he struck the gavel and uttered the

bid caught the auctioneer by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from bidder number one!”

round of shocked gasps resonated through the hall when bidder number one raised the bid by that big an amount.

why Jeremy was still there.

was just as upset as her. “What in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to flaunt his wealth!”

ordered calmly, “Bid higher, Aaron!”

“Right!”

by buyer number seven. Do we have

comes the five-million bid from bidder number one!

even higher! We now have six

half million! Any further bids from

development. Her main issue at that juncture

very important to you, perhaps we can shift the

my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to

but to heed her

that bidder number one had

was 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

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 such a high price for ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ could point to two possibilities: Corinne’s

came into their room to serve coffee

get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists suddenly exclaimed.

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

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

had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps at once and glanced coldly at 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 left an extremely bad impression on the patrons.

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

loud, “You’re a b*tch, Corinne! F*ck you! You made me lose my job twice now! It

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

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

Jeremy shot

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

narrowed slightly as he said in a cold voice, “Tell

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

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