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.”

to his collection. Besides, he had never once thought the figure in the painting was Victoria. Truth be told, he probably still hadn’t noticed. Jamie only saw it as

not be her. But what if it wasn’t?

Just a silhouette. If mistaken, then so be it. As long as Victoria liked

painting. Nothing to do with the back

is you.” Jamie’s love for Victoria began that night in the back garden, when he

had spoken of everything–backgrounds, dreams, even personal tastes. And in those few hours,

first


evening, it was enough for Jamie to decide he would fight for her with

misunderstand and think Jamie had only mistaken her for the figure in

That was impossible.

Victoria long before this painting came into his hands. In fact, he only

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