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

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

began to count, “One and a half

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

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

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

and wondered why Jeremy was still

as her. “What in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to flaunt

calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

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

comes the five-million bid from

We now have

one goes for seven and a half million! Any further

main issue at that juncture was

“Since this painting is very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it for

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 it for

no choice but to

it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with

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

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 he knew personally or someone

came into their

get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists suddenly exclaimed.

person as Zoey, who had apparently taken up a

one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me lose my job, while you’re living the good

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

had just applied for the job a day ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking

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

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 tired of f*cking your sick *ss

And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He narrowed his eyes coldly and turned around to walk toward

receiving an apology from the latter, and he was

Jeremy shot

then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk to

a cold voice, “Tell her to come out,

at all as he turned his head to the

overalls came out from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can I