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 from bidder number

and they began

count, “One and a half million

and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from room one.

caught the auctioneer by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to

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

wondered why Jeremy was

world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to

ordered calmly, “Bid higher, Aaron!”

“Right!”

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

Here comes the five-million

is going even higher! We now have

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

Her main issue at that juncture was a lack of

very important to you, perhaps we can shift

to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to get it. We can let Jeremy keep

no choice but

was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with a final price of six

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 people could do whatever they want with their money.

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

from the auction house came into their room to serve

sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists suddenly

had apparently taken up a job as a receptionist at the auction house after

stared at Corinne in shock, and before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her

just walked out of

had just applied for the 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

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

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

named Corinne was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in room

had just sent the auction house manager away after receiving an apology from the latter, and he was about to close

here?” Jeremy

a smile. “Is there anything you’d

said in a cold voice, “Tell her

all as he turned his head to the room and said, “Hey, someone’s

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