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

bid, and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the ‘number

and a half million going once! Going twice! Going thrice,

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

he spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from bidder number

that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a bidding war between

why Jeremy was

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

calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

of four million by buyer number seven. Do

we do! Here comes the five-million bid from

is going even higher! We now

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

the development. Her main issue at that juncture

you, perhaps

capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another

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

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

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 mother

Two beautiful receptionists from the auction house came

did you even get to sit

who had apparently taken up a job as a receptionist at

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

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

already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the

security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out

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

heard her crystal clear 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

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

Jeremy shot Aaron

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

handsome eyes narrowed slightly as he said in a cold voice,