Rebirth of the Deadly Beauty

Chapter 3

Nydia continued, "The person who died in the plane crash yesterday was Nydia, who went on the assignment in my stead."

Yolanda nearly scoffed at the absurd lie. Nydia had died in the plane crash yesterday? How ridiculous!

It was true that Nydia had been in charge of inspecting the plane before it took off, but she hadn't been on-site during the mission that day.

Isaac knew Nydia would sometimes go on assignments in Yulia's place, but it seemed he was told a different story this time-that Nydia had died in the plane crash, and Yulia was perfectly fine at home.

Yolanda snarled as she hung up the phone and tossed it on the table, muttering, "You're more ambitious than I thought."

Nydia had orchestrated the plane crash so that she could take Yulia's place as the heiress of the Hoffman family. Unfortunately, Yolanda had no intention to let Nydia get away with it.

However, despite being reborn, Yolanda could not take revenge. She could not defend herself in this body, which had wasted away in the juvenile detention center. More importantly, she had yet to purge the slow-acting poison from her system. If she showed up at the Hoffman residence like this, she had no doubt she would be taken out by assassins waiting in ambush.

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The next morning, Vincent Osbourne, the painting instructor Diana hired, was shown to the Hendersons' living room. He was in his 40s and had made a name for himself in Riverdale.

Inside the study, he gave Yvonne an approving once-over and said, "This must be the charming Ms. Yvonne Henderson. I've been telling my associates that the Hendersons have a prodigy among them. It's impressive that she's done so well for her high school entrance exam as to be offered a place at a top-tier high school."

Yvonne smiled demurely at the painting instructor. "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir."

She had a delicately chiseled face and was a soft-spoken young lady. Anyone who saw her could not help doting on her, unlike Yolanda. Despite her lack of beauty, Yolanda liked to keep to herself and behaved as if she was too good for anyone.

Yvonne a few more times, Vincent finally

"Yolanda Henderson."

released from the juvenile detention center yesterday, weren't you? I'm guessing you haven't learned

soured at the mention of the juvenile

know what to do," Yolanda replied coolly. Not only that, she had

painting. Vincent berated a shade tersely, "Yolanda, arrogance is an unbecoming trait. It's all right to admit you haven't dabbled in a certain field. I can teach you as long as you

at him. It was true that she had mastered traditional painting - she was even an

of the show will be the painting made in less than

listening to him at all. "Were you listening to me at all? The exhibition is in two days. You won't learn anything at this rate if you

moment. He

when they said the Henderson daughters could not be any more different. If you're so brilliant, why don't you tell

an artwork that looked like the real thing appeared on the screen

also the painter. However, the image shown was of a counterfeit, albeit replicated

us whose painting it is. Show us that artistic knowledge of yours," Yvonne prompted with a false encouraging smile laced with

as Yolanda was concerned, she

as she stared at the painting. "I see no point in wasting my time and effort teaching a bullish delinquent like you. Perhaps your mother should consider hiring someone else for the job." He had emphasized

commotion within. When she saw Vincent storming toward the door, she asked in alarm, "Mr. Osbourne,

explained, "Yolanda said she's dabbled enough in traditional painting to know the art, and that Mr. Osbourne isn't

her to identify a painting. Why did she do that? The art exhibition is in two days. She can't go around pretending to know things she

marched up to Yolanda and

Diana. Her gaze held the promise of violence,