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.

and a half million

and

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

and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from

a more excited tone compared to before.

big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a

wondered why Jeremy

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

calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

bid of four million by buyer

the five-million bid from bidder

We now

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

main issue at that juncture was

perhaps we

hand and shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to get it. We can let Jeremy keep it

had no choice but to heed her

soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late

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

well-known, she was not a particularly mainstream painter, and her works were not very

beautiful receptionists from the auction house

get to sit in this room?”

apparently taken up a job

long, 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 me lose my job, while you’re living the good life with a

one, Jeremy had just walked out of the room and

just applied for 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

the auction house rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey

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!

was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He narrowed his eyes

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

a Corinne here?” Jeremy shot Aaron

aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

slightly as he said in a

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