The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 17

“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

to see such a bid, and

half million going

and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised

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

bid by that big an

and wondered why Jeremy

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

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

four million by buyer number seven.

comes the five-million bid from bidder

even higher! We now have six

for seven and a half million! Any

the development. Her main issue at that juncture was

this painting is very important to you, perhaps

just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll

but

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

several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people could do

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

receptionists from the auction house came into their room to

How did you even get to

a job as a receptionist at

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

it. Over at room one, Jeremy had just walked out

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

rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the bidder in

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

here? And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He narrowed his eyes coldly and

had just sent the auction house manager away after receiving an apology from the latter, and he

Jeremy shot

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

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

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