The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back by Juliette Vaughan

Chapter 38

When Grayson climbed up to the attic, he was surprised to find it transformed into an art studio. Paintings were everywhere on the walls, the floor, even stuffed into cabinets. The sheer beauty of the artwork left him stunned and rooted to the spot as he took it all in.

"What are you doing here?" Serena's voice snapped him out of his daze. He turned to see the tiny figure with crossed arms looking suspiciously at him from behind.

"Who painted these?" Grayson asked, gesturing at the paintings.

Serena gave him a look, her tone sharp. "My mom did. Why?"

Grayson froze for a second, his expression shifting to one of disbelief. Then he frowned and scoffed, "She? Seriously?"

He couldn't wrap his head around it. 'No way that's true,' he thought. 'I've never seen her pick up a paintbrush.'

"Of course she does," Serena shot back, her chin tilting up in defiance. She pointed around the room with

a small sweep of her arm and explained, "All of them are my mom's work. She's amazing. Loads of people want to buy her pieces."

But Paisley never sold her paintings. She only gave them away.

work? She's just a housewife, someone who cooked and nagged me. Even Grandma and Auntie Kayla paint her as some clueless

saw. "I don't buy it," he said,

the truth. All of these are Mom's work!" She pointed toward a corner of the

saw a section full of paintings of a little girl at different ages: a newborn with closed eyes,

Serena at a different moment, preserving her

understand. "If my mom didn't paint them,

silence.

and replied, "You have nothing left. Stella tore them

hard work being destroyed made Serena's chest tighten

one," Serena replied with a

entering the room. That was why Serena recognized Grayson the second she saw him. But sadly, it was gone now... Grayson searched the room to look through the paintings, but there wasn't a single trace of

he yelled, "Who cares about some stupid painting?

down the stairs

the living room. "Take that back! My mom's paintings are not ugly!" Her face was

this?

are even uglier!" Grayson yelled, his voice rising to drown out the storm of feelings he couldn't control. Tears

woman in the world!" Serena screamed