The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

"Yes," Lily answered. "They've been buddies since college!"

As she was saying this, in her mind, she was thinking, 'Charlie, you and Douglas are good buddies but you have the nerve to give him a worthless piece of sh*t, let my dad expose and humiliate you in front of everyone!'

However, beyond everyone's expectation, Lawson said with a grateful sigh, "Indeed, it seems that he is a good friend! Why would one give such a precious gift otherwise?" 1

Everyone was dumbfounded upon the statement!

What did he mean by 'precious'? Was he saying that the yellowish drawing was expensive?

Exasperated, Clinton cursed inside his head, 'F*ck you! I can go to Antique Street, buy a fake painting, pee on it to make it look old and yellowish, and it will still look more authentic than that piece of sh*t!'

Lawson cleared his throat and said in an earnest tone, "This is the authentic work of Rachel Ruysch, a painter from the Dutch Golden Age. Although she is not as famous nowadays, she was one of the most outstanding painters that ever existed in the world and the first female member of the Confrerie Pictura."

looked back at the

thousand dollars?" Lily was dumbfounded, her eyes were as big as golf balls. The painting that she assumed was less than

and stuttered, "Hey, Charlie, why do you give me something

"Doug, it's just my token of affection, let's not put a

very touched and grateful. He had never thought that his good buddy in college would be so

Clinton's face was as pale

That crappy piece of drawing was worth two hundred thousand? D*mn it,

people were equally shocked.

dared to look down upon

at two hundred thousand dollars as a gift! Everyone was envious of Douglas for receiving such a n expensive gift at the opening of his restaurant! He

very well. If her father claimed that the

Charlie with awe, her eyes sparkling when she looked at him. She was very impressed by his