The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 18

Corinne tilted her head as she looked at Aaron, who immediately understood her hint due to years of tacit understanding with her.

After clearing his throat, he raised his hand to adjust the Bluetooth earpiece he wore out of habit on his left ear, and walked past Jeremy and Corinne in as calm a manner as possible.

He even made a point to lower his voice a little and pretend as if he was speaking to someone over the phone.

“Sorry, Boss. Things got a little awkward earlier. That Holden guy overheard me when I was ranting about him earlier. Well, yeah! He’s the one who outbid us on your favorite painting! Sure. we’ll just forget about it and let him have it! ‘Geese in Late Autumn’ isn’t Nellie Nymphaea’s only painting. There are plenty of other ones we can get in the future!”

Aaron was already quite far away when he ended his sentence.

Corinne stared wide-eyed at Jeremy and cocked her eyebrow innocently. “I think he’s angry at you, mister.”

Jeremy retracted his gaze and turned to Corinne. He began to question her, “Don’t the two of you know each other?”

Corinne shook her head. “I don’t know him at all! Do you? Why was he angry at you again?”

narrowed his eyes. “You haven’t answered

thanks to you? I heard that they’re recruiting auctioneers here,

doubtful. “Did you get

for someone with more

stand on the auction stage, everyone would probably mistake her for someone

and asked, “And

here?”

of bronze artifacts, so I came over as his representative to bid

nice of you, mister. You really are

does it sound

sudden,

with a grunt. He then stared intently at Corinne.” Where

“I’m going to continue sending in resumes and

head gently as he leaned over and spoke in a hoarse, irrefutable tone, Come with me. I’ll give you a

process what Jeremy said, he had grabbed her wrist and whisked

found herself back at Lunar Century Manor. The last time she was there was when Jeremy forced her

consisted of flowers,

went pale from fright. “What are you planning this time, Uncle? Are you going to hold another

me that much? Do you want another wedding?” Corinne immediately rolled her eyes and was about to turn back