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

astonished to see such a bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the

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

struck the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’,

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

bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a bidding war

why

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

“Bid

“Right!”

a bid of four million by buyer number seven. Do

five-million

higher! We now have

for seven and a half million!

Her main issue at that juncture was a lack of

you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it

and shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another

had no choice but

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

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

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

receptionists from the auction house came into

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

up a job as a receptionist at the

Corinne in shock, and before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me lose my job, while you’re living the good life

hear it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when he heard Zoey’s screech. He halted his footsteps at once and glanced coldly at

the job a day ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP

several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged

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

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

an apology from the latter, and he was about to close the door when Jeremy’s tall figure appeared right in front

here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a

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

as he said in a cold voice, “Tell her to come out,

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

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