Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 793:

Unlike fashion, which could be mastered with flair and speed, true painting demanded not only talent but years of sweat, failure, and relentless refinement.

Even for Mariana…

Hailed as a prodigy since childhood, producing such a flawless work would have been a rare triumph even for her.

But Maia? How could someone like her possibly scale that peak?

What fueled Mariana’s fire even more was the sting of defeat she had suffered at the Cooper Group gala. After that humiliation, she had Maia’s background thoroughly investigated.

The reports were crystal clear — Maia had been a rebellious student, more familiar with detention than discipline. She had never been enrolled in any art programs, never competed in painting contests, let alone tasted victory in one.

Even if she had picked up a brush behind prison walls, it was laughable to think she could reach this level in such a short time.

the point of

in design, but in the realm of painting, Maia couldn’t even set

was her moment to strike — to strip away Maia’s mask and expose her as a

Grover, her tone

as curator of the Gascoyne Museum, as a key figure behind this exhibition, isn’t it your responsibility to remove impostors who tarnish

rippled quickly through the crowd,

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is the soul of this entire showcase. I heard someone already offered eighty million, and the final bid might shatter a

talent, a multiple gold medal winner in international art contests. If she says

tide, sharpening by the second.

but got exposed by the real artist.

in, voice laced with scorn. “She’s not just a plagiarist. She’s been to jail, hasn’t