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.

million from bidder

a bid, and they began wondering

“One and a half million going once! Going twice! Going

struck the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’,

more excited tone compared

that big an

why Jeremy was still

her. “What in the world is Mister

calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

have a bid of four million by buyer number

comes the five-million bid from

even higher! We now have

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

annoyed at the development. Her main issue at that

you, perhaps we

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

had no choice but to heed her words.

soon announced that bidder number one

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

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

beautiful receptionists from the auction house came into their room to serve coffee and dessert.

to sit

taken up a job as a receptionist at the

sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made

could hear it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and was about to leave when he

day ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the venue and left

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

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

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

the latter, and he was about to close the door when

here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a

smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk to her about?”

slightly as he said in a cold

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

seven and stared curiously at Jeremy. “Can I help