Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 890

Johanna glanced at the paintings on the wall. To her surprise, every piece was signed by the

same name-MK.

Two of them she even remembered seeing years ago in Jamie’s study at the Walton family estate. They had hung there for as long as she could recall, though back then she had paid them little mind. Johanna had never cared for art; her eyes had merely skimmed over them once or twice.

But now, standing in Jamie’s study, her gaze lingered on Nightfall-the very painting she and Victoria had admired at the auction. Only now did she realize her brother had even brought those old canvases from the family estate with him.

The fact that he had gone to such lengths made clear just how much these works meant to him.

And when the subject turned to something he loved, Jamie-usually so reserved-spoke more than usual. The oppressive chill he carried seemed to lift.

“The first time I laid eyes on MK’s work,” he said, “I knew the artist would achieve greatness one day. Back then, he must have been new; the pieces weren’t expensive. At the time, I hadn’t yet claimed the head seat of the Walton family. I had little money of my own, and works by the true masters were far beyond my reach.”

Few who love art can resist collecting it. Jamie was no exception. But though he bore the Walton name, he had never been valued-only suppressed and trampled. His life had been harder than that of an ordinary man.

he longed for, he couldn’t afford. The ones within reach,

something I loved-something still

on, whenever MK released a painting, Jamie was the first to acquire

he no longer had time to follow art. Only after seizing the patriarch’s seat did he send people searching

dawned on Johanna. No wonder her brother prized MK’s art so deeply. These paintings had accompanied him through the hardest

paintings too,” Johanna said. “She even mentioned

regret flickered across Jamie’s

time. The middleman who once sold his works

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only at moments like this that her brother

spoke for a while longer before Jamie asked, “What

Johanna hesitated, then confessed.