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 bidder number

and they began wondering who the powerhouse behind the

and a half million going once! Going twice! Going thrice,

second before he struck the gavel and uttered the word

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

an amount. Everyone wondered if the painting would spark a

why Jeremy

world is Mister Jeremy’s problem? He’s just trying to flaunt

ordered calmly, “Bid

“Right!”

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

the

higher! We now have six million

than that! Bidder number one goes for seven and a half million! Any further bids from the

main issue at that juncture was a

is very important to you, perhaps we can shift the

head. “No, I can’t just divert the company’s capital to my personal affairs. I’ll

no choice but

it was soon announced that bidder number one had secured ‘Geese in

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

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

from the auction house came into their room to serve coffee

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

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

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

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

had just applied for the job a day ago and had just started her probationary period, but she was already speaking

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

let all hell loose when she was taken away by the security guards and yelled out loud,

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

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

Corinne here?” Jeremy

aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Is

eyes narrowed slightly as he said in a cold

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