Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 921

“You know Jamie’s temperament–he’d rather have nothing than settle for less. If he didn’t truly like. something, he would never compromise.

“At the time, MK was still a rookie. The prices weren’t high, at least affordable enough for my brother to indulge his passion. Later, when he spent a fortune to acquire MK’s paintings, it was his way of giving back. But…”

Johanna’s lips curved into a teasing smile as she looked at Victoria. “You really are something, aren’t you? For you, he’s even willing to set aside his years–long obsession.”

Victoria’s gaze shifted to the painting hanging on the wall. “I wanted to buy it because the silhouette in the picture reminded me of myself. But a back view alone… the angle, the clothes–similarities are inevitable. For all we know, the person in the painting may not even be me.”

Johanna shook her head. “It doesn’t matter if it isn’t. Jamie didn’t buy this painting for the silhouette.”

Fearing Victoria might misunderstand, she quickly added, “Listen, Victoria—Jamie started collecting MK’s works long before this painting ever appeared. He didn’t fall for MK’s art because of some resemblance to you, and he certainly didn’t mistake the figure in the painting for you and then project his feelings onto it.”

Besides, he had never once thought the figure in the painting was

be her. But what if it wasn’t? What did it

nor Victoria, nor Jamie treated it as anything significant. Just a silhouette. If mistaken, then

the painting. Nothing to do with the back

you.” Jamie’s love for Victoria began that night in the back garden, when he discovered that she had suffered a fate as harsh as his own, yet still

they had spoken of everything–backgrounds, dreams, even personal tastes.

wasn’t the shallow spark of love at first sight. It was born from understanding and

had only been one evening, it was enough for Jamie to decide

and think Jamie had

That was impossible.

painting came into

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