Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 108

The call came from an unfamiliar number with the last six digits ending in eights.

Carlisle answered, and a deep voice came from the other end. “Is this Carlisle from Riverland University?”

Carlisle replied, “Yes, may I ask who’s calling?”

“It’s Yuriel,” came the reply.

“Mr. Gust!” Carlisle exclaimed.

His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively tightened his grip on the “Galloping Horses” painting he held.

This painting rightfully belonged to Yuriel, but Carlisle had bought it first. He wondered if Yuriel would

confront him over this.

“No need to be nervous. Just treat me like anyone else.” Yuriel tried to sound reassuring.

Collecting himself, Carlisle asked, “Mr. Gust, what can I do for you?”

Yuriel inquired, “Did you purchase the ‘Galloping Horses‘ painting from Retrovintique?”

“Yes, I did, Carlisle replied.

‘Til offer you 500 thousand dollars for it. What do you say?” Yuriel offered a price that would be hard for

anyone to refuse.

sorry, Mr. Gust, but I’m not willing to sell the painting.”

thousand dollars can get you a house and a car. Think about it,” he

reasoned.

smiled and said, “Since you’ve called, I won’t beat around

than a four.”

a stranger, Carlisle kept the

Carlisle’s implied figure of 4 million dollars. Being a billionaire, he wasn’t fazed. “I’ll sweeten the deal with another 500 thousand dollars,

that, Yuriel ended the call.

rumors circulating’a few months ago that within a shipment of top–notch counterfeit paintings sold in Vintex Garden, there

antique shops. Over the past three months, he had visited numerous antique shops across several cities, buying up

his last

Harold Delacruz paintings,

bought.

likely bought

back in his

antique paintings, he needed land

developers eyeing the same plot, competition had turned fierce.

for approvals had a particular fondness for Harold Delacruz’s paintings. This led competitors to buy authentic works by

and Yuriel

the other end said, “Mr. Gust, people from Windex Corporation have

darkened

and Cameron were in a taxi,

that crossed through

the belly of a python that had