Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 276

Lucas said, "Jessica, I'll hang the painting. Could you help me with it?"

"Sure." Jessica replid.

Since the living room on the first floor was quite capacious, there was much space available for hanging up the pictures.

Lucas then led Jessica to the portrait of Emily.

This was an oil painting bust created by the artist that Gavin had invited, which was drawn based on a photograph of Emily.

Jessica had already noticed this portrait of a woman at a distance. She once heard from Lucas that his mother had passed away.

As for the portrait that could be hung in the living room, Jessica immediately realized that it must be for Lucas's mother, the mistress of the family.

She came closer to the portrait and then took a look.

For some reason, when she saw the portrait of this woman, she was suddenly shocked. And that's because the woman in this picture looked quite familiar to her.

Jessica was so surprised that she almost dropped the painting in her hands on the ground.

She immediately handed the painting to Lucas and then took a closer look at the woman in the portrait.

"Is my mother beautiful?" Lucas stood behind Jessica and asked jokingly.

"She is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen, and the other is my mother."

Without exaggeration, Jessica had to admit that Lucas's mother was indeed the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, except for her own mother.

For some reason, she felt that the woman in this portrait was somewhat similar to her mother in appearance.

However, she had never heard that her mother had a sister, let alone met her in person.

"Of course." Lucas said.

Jessica didn't understand what he meant and she also had no idea why he replied so affirmatively.

Lucas had never seen her mother in person, not even the photos of her.

Only then did Jessica realize that she could take out some photos of her mom and show them to Lucas that she was telling the truth.

"Is your mother from Birmingham, too?" She asked.

"Yes."

"What's her name then?"

After Jessica asked, she realized that it was a little impolite and impertinent to directly ask about the name of an elder.

Lucas smiled and said, "Her name is Emily."

Hearing his words, Jessica felt it was a pleasant name to hear. It seemed to be true that a beautiful person also had a graceful name.

After they finished hanging up the painting, Jessica went back to her room and opened a small box. She took out a photo album with pictures of her mother.

There were also a few photos of her as a child in that album.

Then she took this photo album downstairs.

Lucas shared with Gavin in detail the progress of his conversation with Jessica.

Lucas asked Gavin to stay in the living room and wait for Jessica to bring the photo album so that they can view the photos together.

When Jessica came out and saw Gavin was also there, she was getting a little embarrassed. After all, she just casually mentioned her mother to Lucas, and she had no intention of comparing the beauty between her mom and the mother of Lucas through their photos.

Lucas noticed that Jessica was feeling embarrassed. "Jessica, do you have any photos of you as a child? My father also wants to see how you looked when you were a child."

"Yes." Jessica then handed her photo album to Lucas.

Gavin's hands trembled slightly while he was holding the album. Together with Lucas, they started to view the photos of Jessica when she was a little girl.

From the photos of Jessica as a child, one could tell that she must be a beautiful girl when she grows up.