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.

and a half million from bidder number seven!”

and they began

a half million going once! Going twice!

and uttered the word

surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three

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

and wondered why Jeremy was still

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

“Bid higher, Aaron!”

“Right!”

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

five-million

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

one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor? No? Alright then. Seven and a half million, going once,

at the development. Her main issue at that juncture

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

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

choice but to heed

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

at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that

painter, and her works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s

auction house came

you here? How did you even get to sit in this

taken up a job as a receptionist at the auction house

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

entire auction hall could 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

period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the venue and left an extremely bad impression

personnel. He had Zoey dragged

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

on that occasion—there was no doubt that someone named Corinne was there. ‘That girl… 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 of him.

Jeremy

a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is

he said in a cold voice, “Tell her to come out, please.”

at all as he turned his head to the room and

from room seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can