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

and they began wondering who the

half million going

the

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

bid by that big an amount.

why

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

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

by buyer number seven. Do we have a higher bid?

do! Here comes the five-million bid

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

million? Oh, it’s higher than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any

development. Her main issue at that juncture was a

important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it for now.”

and shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to get it. We can let Jeremy

but to heed

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 of

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

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 mother was either someone he knew personally or someone

auction house came into their room to

get to sit in this

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

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 job, while you’re living the

the entire auction hall could hear it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps

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

had Zoey dragged out while he apologized

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 before your man gets tired of f*cking your sick *ss

here? And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He narrowed his eyes coldly and turned around

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

Corinne here?” Jeremy

aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is

said in a cold voice, “Tell her to come out,

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

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