The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 595

At this moment, a strikingly handsome young man was listening to his assistant's work report when Sherman burst into the room without warning. The young man's brow furrowed in annoyance.

"Would it kill you to knock before barging in? Where are your manners?" he snapped.

Sherman was far too excited to care about decorum. He went straight to Sellers Burton and blurted out, "Uncle, the painting Aurora's been searching for just turned up at an auction! Remember you told me that if I ever heard anything about that piece, I should let you know right away? Don't tell me you've forgotten!"

The mention of Aurora's name seemed to finally get Sellers' attention. Some of his irritation faded. "Don't be so reckless next time," he said, though his tone was much gentler now.

Sherman barely acknowledged the reprimand. He handed Sellers a folder. "Here, take a look—it's this painting."

Sellers glanced at the photo inside, his interest only half-awake, but as soon as he registered what he was seeing, his expression sharpened. "Is this a picture of the actual painting?"

eagerly. "No wonder Aurora's obsessed with it. Even someone like me, who knows nothing about art, was blown away when I first saw it. Too bad it came up for auction back when neither of us had jobs yet, and the price went

these years, Aurora had never forgotten about that painting. After she started working, she'd sent people out again and again to try and track it down, but there was never

a huge art collector. The reason he and Aurora are so close is that he owns a ton of great paintings and

a note of pride creeping into his voice. "Besides the violin, painting is Aurora's other great passion. Even her ordinary pieces go for hundreds of thousands. Some

had never really cared much about art. The only reason he paid any attention at all was because

painting," he admitted. “Aurora just won that amateur racing championship recently, and I haven't even congratulated her yet. This painting

confidence,

the pros. You should've seen her when she beat that professional driver-she was so

played at the corners of Sellers'

the two had been close since childhood. He'd always seemed like a prodigy-top of I class without

tobe