Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 180

“That’s ridiculous!” Liana struggled to keep the smile on her face. “I bought this from the Harpers‘ auction house. It can’t be a counterfeit?

After she dragged the Harpers into the mess, Landon snickered. “Ms. Gardner, you are probably unfamiliar with the industry because you haven’t been involved with auctions. Parry’s Auction of the Harper Group Is the biggest auction house in the nation,

“The items we take in have undergone stringent inspection and verification. It Is Impossible to buy counterfeits from us. It’s one thing to be ignorant; it’s another thing to ruin my family’s reputation.”

The look in Jasper’s eyes deepened. He recalled Alice’s smirk when she indirectly led Liana to buy the replica at ten times the starting price at the charity auction. Could she have foreseen that Llana would buy the painting for Newton?

Was it all a coincidence or a trap from the start?

“Ms. Gardner, a counterfeit item is different from a replica,” an expert voiced out his opinion to clear the name of the Harpers. “Some works of paintings are replicas but considered antique. It is hard for a replica to look the same as the original. A top–grade replica can fetch a high price.”

little inferior. If not, I wouldn’t have been able

a replica! I bought it for a million from Parry’s Auction!” Liana blurted out in the heat of

million? She must have been wrong in the head. The people around chuckled at her

the tables

million? Gosh, this painting is worth at most 100 thousand. I could only say that you have contributed a lot to charity with that

embarrassment and looked away, refusing to stand up

niece.

might not have approved of Liana, but he would not

pointed question at Alice. She

innocently. “Ms. Gardner, what makes you say that? I have no clue what you’re

the two ladies.

a counterfeit item with a million! It’s all because of you!” Liana pointed at Alice’s face, her voice

able to tell the art apart, but you must have known it was a counterfeit! You even started a bidding war with me and made me buy

as he shot icy