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 from bidder

and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the

auctioneer began to count, “One and a half million

uttered the word ‘sold’,

in a more excited tone compared

big an

and wondered why Jeremy was

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

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

of four million by buyer number seven. Do we have a

Here comes the five-million bid from bidder

seven is going even higher! We now

million? 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,

Her main issue at that

suggested, “Since this painting is very important to you, perhaps we can shift

my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to get it.

choice but to heed her

and it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with a final

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

her works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s reasons for bidding such a high price for

from the auction house

get to sit in this room?” one of the female receptionists suddenly

taken up a job as a receptionist at the auction

Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth in envy and yelled, “Bravo, Corinne! You made me

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

probationary period, but she was already speaking

auction house rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while

almost 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,

was no doubt that someone named Corinne was there. ‘That girl… She’s here? And she was the one bidding in room seven?’ He

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

Corinne here?” Jeremy shot

was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like

in a cold voice, “Tell her to come out,

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