The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 46 The True Painting

Jessica could werlook Daniel teasing Brittany, but she couldn’t ignore the bold claim he made. Daniel had stated that with just that thirty–year–old vodka, he could turn the Golden Paper painting’s value to two hundred million dollars. If he failed to deliver, he would be deceiving her, and Jessica would not tolerate such behavior from him. She was ready to punish him severely if it came to that.

Daniel opened the vodka bottle and poured the thirty–year–aged spirit over the scroll. His face remained calm, treating the expensive vodka as if it were mere water. The whole room filled with the fragrance of the alcohol, the rich aroma delighting everyone, leaving the two women feeling slightly tipsy just from the

scent.

his palms, Daniel smoothed out the crinkles on the once wrinkled painting until the paper was as flat as a mirror. Then, he lit the painting with a lighter. With the addition of the vodka,

fire, sending up beautiful blue

Do you think Jessica’s money grows on trees? How can you waste it like this? I tell you, the cost of that thirty–year vodka equals your salary for the

road!” t

assistant. Daniel looked like a fool and acted like a thug–why should he be Jessica’s personal assistant and even serve as her driver? It was clear that before he arrived, Jessica didn’t need any stinking men around. If Jessica were to hire an assistant or a driver, the first

like a good person. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere to serve as Jessica’s assistant, and Brittany suspected this loser was pursuing Ma’am Jessica under the guise of his position. Countless in New York wished to pursue Jessica, yet not a single one had managed to take her out for dinner. Even Andrew from The Armstrongs, despite his lengthy pursuit, had never managed to take Ma’am Jessica

of Daniel,