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“Yes,” Cordelia answered honestly. “My mom rarely likes something, so I quite wish to fulfill this wish for her. Since
you’ve already bought it, I can’t snatch it from you.”
Janine smiled. The girl was well-taught. Young girls who were graceful and composed like her seemed to be getting
rarer nowadays.
She suddenly thought of Nelly. She had picked her as her future daughter-in-law in the past because she found their
families to be on equal footing. It might benefit the Bakers if Zephyr were to marry Nelly. She was also decent
looking and was alright standing next to Zephyr.
It was just that Janine later realized that the Tanner heiress did not have the grace and composure of an heiress,
nor did she have the ability and skills to run the family business at all! Instead, she had traveled to Chaiseland
countless times in a year to get close to Janine or shop till she dropped.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJanine was extremely annoyed by her!
She hated beauties without a brain. Moreover, Nelly was barely a beauty…
“Madam?” Cordelia smiled at her, pulling her back from her thoughts.
“Can I take a photo?”
“Oh, go ahead!” Janine snapped back to herself and smiled gently.
“Thank you!”
“Oh.” Janine could not help wanting to chat with the girl. “Do you know what the painting is?”
“Firefly,” Cordelia blurted, but she frowned. “But…”
The firefly looked kind of strange. It had two sets of wings.
“Heh, but I don’t get it.” She smiled. “This is probably an artist’s creativity.”
“This isn’t the imagination of the artist.” Janine looked at her. “This is a firefly species only available in Sabe in
Southeast Aciatic. It’s very rare.”
“What?” Cordelia was surprised.
Janine said in a low voice, “I’ve seen them in a private forest before.”
…
“Cordelia, are you done? Can we buy this painting?”
Xyla walked over with a colorful chiffon scarf, showing it to her daughter with a beam.
“I bought this just now. Look at the embroidery. Nice, right? This embroidery is rarely found in Centrolis. Only South
—”
Before she finished her sentence, the air went silent like it was warped into a vacuum.
Janine stared at Xyla, and Xyla stared back at her. Both of them looked at each other for some time, eyes widened,
and calling each other’s name almost in unison.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Xyla?”
“You… Janine?”
Both women shared shock, surprise, and ever-changing emotions in their expressions and gazes.
Cordelia was dumbfounded. Others would have thought they were the gallery’s wax figures looking at their frozen
states from afar!
“Mom, Madam, you… know each other?”
Xyla snapped back to reality. With a grimace, she grabbed Cordelia and muttered, “Seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Come on, let’s go… Let’s hurry home…”
“Xyla Irwin!” Janine called for her and stepped in front of her. “You didn’t see a ghost! You’re just too ashamed to
see me, huh?”
“You…” Xyla’s finger shook. “Stop making things up! Why am I ashamed to see you?”
“Hah!” Janine scoffed and crossed her arms. “I was right about everything back then. What shame do you have
when you put yourself into such a pathetic state over a man?”
“Shut up!”
As Xyla growled, the whole gallery looked over.
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