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 from

and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind

began to count, “One and a half million going

the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his

the auctioneer by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone compared

bid by that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the

frowned and wondered why Jeremy was

“What in the world is Mister

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

bid of four million by buyer number seven. Do

do! Here comes the five-million bid from bidder number

seven is going even higher! We now

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

at the development. Her main issue

this painting is very important to you, perhaps

shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to

but to heed

a knock of the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder number one had

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

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 was either someone he knew personally or

from the auction house came into their room to serve coffee and

get to sit in this

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

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

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 actions startled everyone at the

house rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely

the security guards and yelled out loud, “You’re a b*tch, Corinne! F*ck you! You made me

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

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 of

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron

with a smile. “Is there anything you’d

narrowed slightly as he said in a

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