The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“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

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

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

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

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

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

frowned and wondered why Jeremy was still

was just as upset as her. “What in the world

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

buyer number seven.

Here comes the

going even higher! We now have six million

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

the development. Her main issue at

very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it for

raised her hand and shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal

choice but to heed her

soon announced that

astonished to see bidder number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people could

lost 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 room to serve

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

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

side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me lose my job, while you’re living the good life

voice was so frantic and loud that the 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 halted his footsteps at once and glanced coldly at room

was already speaking rudely to the

security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the

loud, “You’re a b*tch, Corinne! F*ck you!

was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was

auction house 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

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron

moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there

as he said in a cold