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

see such a bid, and they

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

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

by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from bidder number

big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a bidding war between bidder number one and bidder number

wondered why Jeremy was still there.

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

ordered calmly, “Bid higher, Aaron!”

“Right!”

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

five-million bid from bidder

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

half million! Any further bids from the floor? No? Alright then. Seven and

the development. Her main issue at that juncture

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

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

but to

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

bidder number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This

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

from the auction house came into

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

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

well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me

of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps at once and glanced

job 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

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

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

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

he was about to close the door when Jeremy’s tall

Jeremy shot

with a smile. “Is there anything you’d

he said in a cold

as he turned his head

and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can I help you, sir?”