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

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

and a half million going once! Going twice!

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

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

an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a

wondered why Jeremy

in the world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s

ordered calmly, “Bid higher,

“Right!”

by buyer number seven. Do we have a higher

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

going even higher! We now have six million from bidder number

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

main issue at that juncture was a

painting is very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds

hand and shook her head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs.

choice but to heed

the gavel, and it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ with a final price of six

astonished to see bidder number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original

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 was either someone he knew personally or someone he had connections

there.” Two beautiful receptionists from the auction house came into their room to serve

you even get to sit in this room?” one of the

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

Corinne in shock, and before long, she spotted the handsome, well-dressed Aaron in a designer suit sitting to one side. She gritted her teeth

voice was 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

had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her actions startled everyone at the venue and left

personnel. He had Zoey dragged out

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 man gets tired of f*cking your sick

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

and he was about to close

here?” Jeremy

taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

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