Chapter 36
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Amid the whispers from the crowd, Avery finally picked up her p
Seeing her focused expression, one of Melissa’s triends sneered. “Look at her. Does she think some prince charming is going to marry her?”
Bored, Melissa Eiddled with her freshly done nails. “I bet she’s still dreaming of marrying into the Smith family.
Avery ignored the gossip around her and continued to focus intently on her drawing.
Aside from practicing traditional medicine, she had always loved painting
When she had just returned to the Sinclair residence, she was full of hope. She spent days carefully painting a family portrait as a gift for Molly. However, when she gave it to her, Molly didn’t even look at it before tossing it in the trash..
Thinking that perhaps the painting wasn’t good enough, she drew another one, eagerly presenting it to Molly. But when she walked in, Molly was with Abigail, who looked guilty, saying she’d forgotten to prepare a birthday gift for Molly because she’d been having too much fun.
Molly hugged Abigail and kissed her forehead, telling her it was fine and that she wasn’t to blame.
She wanted to be close to Molly, too. But just as she walked toward them, Molly closed the door behind her.
Standing outside the door for a long while, hearing the warm laughter from inside, Avery finally realized that it wasn’t that Molly didn’t like children–she just didn’t like her. Later, when Avery asked Molly if she could learn to paint, Molly coldly replied, “If you have time to think about this, why not focus on studying finance?
“Otherwise, when you get married, you won’t even know how to manage your husband’s business. Others will say that we don’t know how to educate our daughter, and you’ll ruin Abby’s reputation!”
But when Abigall wanted to learn to paint, Molly immediately hired the best teacher for her and even attended lessons with her. Avery, however, wasn’t even allowed to get close.
It wasn’t until Clyde visited their home that he saw Avery quietly watching from a distance while Abigail was in class. He couldn’t bear to see her like this and asked Howard to let her audit the cless.
Finally, after putting the last stroke on the canvas, Avery set down her pen.
Melissa rushed forward to take a look. “Let me see if your drawing is “She paused mid–sentence, ber eyes glued to the painting,
Avery swiftly took the painting and placed it in the exhibition area.
Unlike the other works, which featured wedding scenes or churches as backgrounds, Avery’s painting had only one background–the aurora borealis. A couple stood beneath the aurora, passionately kissing
Someone in the crowd started clapping, and soon, applause erupted all around.
Melissa’s face twisted in disbelied she shot a furious glare at Teresa “You said she couldn’t paint! You helped her, didn’t you?
Still stunned, Teresa didn’t know how to respond. She lowered her head and silently endured Melissa’s wrath. But in her mind, she cursed Abigail a thousand times,
If she hadn’t told Teresa that Avery couldn’t paint, she wouldn’t be getting yelled at like this. From now on, Abigail better not give her any more ammunition to use against her, d Teresa would make her regret it.
After a while, Melissa, feeling exhausted from shouting, couldn’t bring herself to keep yelling. Instead, in a titof anger, she slapped Teresa across the face.
