Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 835:

That woman was none other than Sophia S. Schrader — the famed painter who had once enchanted all of Otruitho before she disappeared without a trace. She stood at the center of the frame, her lips curved in a gentle smile. There was a glow about her, something magnetic. You couldn’t tear your eyes away.

Just below the photograph, a short caption stated, “Ms. Sophia S. Schrader donated thirty million to the Gascoyne Museum.”

Still, what truly floored the crowd wasn’t the donation. It was Sophia’s smile — it matched the one in Maia’s painting to perfection.

The gallery froze. The silence was so complete it felt as if everyone had stopped breathing at once. And then, the reactions erupted.

“It’s unreal!”

“Looks exactly the same!”

“Maia didn’t just paint her face — she captured her spirit. The lighting, the emotion, even the tiniest details in the brushwork… it’s like Sophia walked out of the frame!”

“How in the world did Maia pull this off? Had she somehow seen this photo before the competition?”

anyone paint something that alive! If you

— there’s no question —

their seat and approached the painting, peering closely through a

free. He moved forward, stopped in front of the artwork, drew in a deep breath, and announced with authority, “As curator of the Gascoyne Museum, I officially name Ms.

exploded with applause, the sound bouncing off the gallery

𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂 𝓈𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝗀𝓪𝗅𝗇𝗈𝖛𝗲𝗅𝘀．𝚌𝗈𝗺

their cameras clicking nonstop, eager to capture the historic

“Well earned!”

“Maia, you’re a legend!”

echoed from every corner of the

jumped in with offers

ready to pay a

go higher — one hundred and fifty

give you my entire private collection if you’d just sell it