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

astonished to see such a bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the ‘number seven’ placard was.

began to count, “One and a half

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

in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from bidder number one!”

that big an amount. Everyone wondered

frowned and wondered why Jeremy was

the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem?

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

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

do! Here comes the five-million

higher! We now have six million from

than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor?

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

painting is very important to you, perhaps

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

choice but to heed her

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

painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people could do whatever they want with

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

Two beautiful receptionists from the auction house came into their room to

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

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

before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth

room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when

she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions

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

she was almost certainly heading for the sack that day, so 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

was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He narrowed his

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 him.

Jeremy

aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk to her about?”

said in a cold voice, “Tell her

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

girl in overalls came out from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can I help you, sir?”