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?”

paint something that alive!

no question — Maia takes

peering closely through a

breaking 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. Watson the winner

away, the room exploded with applause, the sound bouncing off the

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in, their cameras clicking nonstop, eager to capture

“Well earned!”

“Maia, you’re a legend!”

lost!” echoed from every corner

jumped in with offers right

to pay a hundred million for that

higher — one

collection if you’d just sell