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.

woman's work? She's just a housewife, someone who cooked and nagged me. Even Grandma and Auntie Kayla paint her as some clueless small-town nobody. How could she be

"I don't buy it," he said, his tone defiant. He had never seen Paisley paint, and he only believed what he had

prove him wrong. "Why don't you believe me? I'm telling the truth. All of these are Mom's work!" She pointed toward a corner of the room and added, "Look, those are

of paintings of a little girl at different ages: a newborn with closed eyes, a baby

at a different moment, preserving

voice rising as she tried to make him understand. "If my mom didn't paint

stared at the paintings, stunned into silence. Without

head and replied, "You have nothing

her mom's hard work being destroyed made Serena's chest tighten with sadness. "Just one?" Grayson asked, his voice quieter

the one," Serena replied with a

upon 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

his emotions boiled over, and he yelled, "Who cares about some stupid painting? I don't even

bolted down the stairs with

mom's paintings are not ugly!" Her face was flushed with anger now, and her

thought, 'Grayson is the worst! How could he keep trash-talking my mom like this? Mom even said he

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

woman in the world!" Serena screamed