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

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

began to count, “One and a half

he struck the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy

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

shocked gasps resonated through the hall when bidder number one raised the bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a

frowned and wondered why Jeremy

in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying

“Bid higher,

“Right!”

by buyer

comes the five-million bid from bidder number one!

higher! We now have six million from bidder number

we have seven million? Oh, it’s higher than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor? No? Alright then. Seven and

annoyed at the development. Her main issue at that juncture was a

perhaps we can shift the project funds

her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to

had no choice but to heed

that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in

buy that painting at several times more than its

lost 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

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

Why are you here? How did you even get to sit in this room?”

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

designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in

frantic and loud that 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 at once and

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

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

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 and

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

the auction 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

there a Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron

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

as he said in a cold

he turned his head to the

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