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

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

and a half million going once! Going twice! Going

second before he struck the gavel and uttered the word ‘sold’, Tommy raised his placard from room

spoke in a more excited tone compared to before. “Three million from

that big an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a bidding war between bidder number

wondered why Jeremy was still

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

ordered calmly,

“Right!”

buyer

comes the

We now have

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

the development. Her main issue at

very important to you, perhaps we can shift the project funds to it for

the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll find another way to

no choice but to heed

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

see bidder number one spending six million to buy that painting at several times more than its original value. This merely showed that rich people could do whatever they want with

works were not very popular either. Jeremy’s

the auction house came into their room to serve coffee

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

a job as a receptionist at the auction

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

just walked out of the room and was about to leave

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

security personnel. He had Zoey dragged out while he apologized profusely to the

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

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

apology from the latter, and he was about to close the door when Jeremy’s tall figure appeared right

there a Corinne here?” Jeremy shot

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

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

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