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.

half million from

audience was once again astonished to see such a bid, and

half million going once! Going

the word

by surprise, and he spoke in a more excited tone

bid by that big an amount. Everyone

wondered why Jeremy was

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

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

of four million by buyer number seven. Do

Here comes the five-million bid from bidder number

going even higher! We now have six million from bidder

for seven and a half million! Any further

the development. Her main issue at that juncture

very important to you, perhaps we can shift

company’s capital to my personal affairs.

had no choice but to heed

that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese

number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people

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:

beautiful receptionists from the auction house came into their room to serve

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

up and recognized the person as Zoey, who had apparently taken up a job as a receptionist at

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

Jeremy had just walked out of the

already speaking rudely to the VIP buyers! Her

auction house rushed over with several security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the bidder in room

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! It won’t be long before your man gets

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 and

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

here?” Jeremy shot Aaron a

with a smile. “Is there anything you’d like to talk to

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

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