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

to see such a bid, and they

auctioneer began to count, “One and a half million going

the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his

a more

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

wondered why

was just as upset as her. “What in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to flaunt his wealth!”

calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

buyer number seven. Do we

comes the five-million bid from bidder number one!

bidder number seven is going even higher! We now have

it’s higher than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the floor? No? Alright

issue at that juncture was a

is very important to you, perhaps we

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

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 price of

to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people

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

house came into their room

even get to sit in this room?” one of

up a job as a receptionist at the auction house after being fired by Alpha Enterprises.

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

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

just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled

had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the bidder

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

was no doubt that someone named Corinne was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in

house manager away after receiving an apology from the latter, and he was about to close the door when Jeremy’s tall figure

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a hostile look.

aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything

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

did not hesitate at all as he turned his head to the room and said, “Hey, someone’s looking for

and stared curiously at Jeremy.