Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 797:

But Maia acted as though Raegan didn’t exist, refusing her the dignity of acknowledgment.

With deliberate calm, she turned her gaze to Mariana instead. Her voice carried a casual ease.

“My terms are straightforward. If you take first place, I’ll walk away from the art world for good. But if the tables turn and you lose, you’ll have to do the same — disappear from painting forever.”

A subtle, knowing smile played at the corners of her mouth.

“So, Mariana, do you have the nerve to accept?”

The words seemed to freeze the room. An unnatural stillness swept through the crowd, gripping everyone in place.

Spectators stared at Maia in stunned awe, rattled by the sheer boldness of her proposal.

Nobody in their wildest dreams had expected her to stake everything on the line like this.

cue, a collective gasp broke the silence, followed by a wave of

an art duel. They’re gambling with their

be out of her mind. Who would risk their future on

someone who breathes art, leaving the painting world is the same

Raegan’s eye as realization struck,

Watson, you must be insane —

slowed, deliberate, dripping

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rattle Mariana. Clearly, you

accusation sparked another ripple through the

“She’s bluffing!” someone shouted.

really risk everything on a whim like

Mariana loses her nerve

plain and simple —

mood in the room shifted,