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?”

answered me yet. What are you doing

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

doubtful. “Did you get the

and spread her palms. “No. They were looking for someone with more than three years of work experience, so I

appearance. If she were allowed to stand on the auction

looked up and asked, “And what about you? Why are

here?”

artifacts, so I came over as his representative

nice of you, mister. You really are a good

does it sound like

sudden, his cell phone

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

sending in resumes and looking for a

he leaned over and spoke in

Jeremy said, he had grabbed her wrist and

Lunar Century Manor. The last time she was there was when Jeremy

around her, which consisted

from fright. “What are you planning this time, Uncle? Are

another wedding?” Corinne immediately rolled her eyes and was about to turn

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