When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

9 The Real and the False Phoenix

Above the golden phoenix, a bright, silver moon hung high in the sky.

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The moon cast a soft, gauzy glow, and circling its edges was a golden–red bird. At first glance, it looked like a small phoenix…

But Jean knew–it wasn’t a phoenix.

She narrowed her eyes, and all the excitement and joy that had filled them vanished. A cold, dull shade crept into her gaze instead.

The master’s painting… Was it about the real and the false phoenix?

It was clear–the phoenix rising from the flames below was the real one. That phoenix should’ve been the one occupying the space around the moon.

Yet right now, it was the false phoenix–one that only resembled the real thing–circling that sacred place

above.

A cuckoo in the nest, a fraud dressed in glory. Did the master know something? Or was it all just a coincidence? Jean felt the sting of irony pierce straight through her.

The crowd didn’t seem to notice anything unusual. In their eyes, this was simply a masterfully executed, beautifully composed painting of a phoenix.

Everyone looked genuinely stunned, their faces lit with awe, as though witnessing a once–in–a–lifetime masterpiece.

the

with delight; the moment she saw the painting, her heart

slowly drifted to the bottom corner,

This was

open, her joy swelling even

really put

and

had been a private commission by

Tyler’s published works–and this painting had never appeared in

them.

had studied his

until now, she’d never thought about commissioning a custom piece from him. She’d

the

appreciated

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The Real and

hadn’t expected Jean to go

moment, Sienna was

just because Jean had remembered

happen, Jean must’ve gone through quite a bit with

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master surely took an enormous