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.

a half million from bidder number seven!”

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 million going once! Going twice!

the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from

a more

raised the bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would

and wondered why Jeremy was still

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

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

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

do! Here comes the five-million

bidder number seven is going even higher! We now have six million from bidder number seven!”

Oh, it’s higher than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the

annoyed at the development. Her main issue at that

important to you, perhaps

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.

but to

of the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with a

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

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 price for ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ could point to two possibilities: Corinne’s

receptionists from the auction house came into their

How did you even get to sit in this room?” one

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

well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth

out of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps

her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers!

manager of the auction house rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged

loose when she was taken away by the security guards and yelled out loud, “You’re

She’s here? And she was the

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

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

slightly as he said in a cold voice, “Tell her

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

from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can