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.

and a half million from bidder number

see such a bid, and they

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

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

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

big an amount.

and wondered why Jeremy was still there.

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

“Bid higher,

“Right!”

four million by buyer

we do! Here comes the five-million bid

even higher! We now have six million

it’s higher than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor? No?

issue at that juncture was a lack

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

her hand 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 keep

no choice but to heed her

the deal with a knock of the gavel, and it was soon announced that

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

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

Two beautiful receptionists from the auction house came into their

you even get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists

taken up a job as a

suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You

could hear it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room

ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking

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

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

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

just sent 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 front of

there a Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a hostile look.

a moment, then nodded with a smile.

said in a cold voice, “Tell

head to the room and said, “Hey, someone’s

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