Chapter 924
Before Catelyn could finish her sentence, someone behind her bumped her arm that was holding a wine glass. Everyone watched as the red wine in the glass spilled onto the oil painting.
The audience was silent for two seconds.
Tracy gasped, pulled the oil painting back swiftly, and hurriedly took a tissue paper to wipe the red wine stain. Unfortunately, it was too late.
The red wine seeped into the canvas, and the paint got wet, lost its original artistic conception, and became a waste product.
Seeing that the painting could not be repaired, Tracy bit her lip in grief, looked at Catelyn, and said, "Miss Atherton, I know my father has offended you, but this painting had cost me tens of millions. I bid for it at the Swiss auction house for Grandma! I know you hate me, but you can't just ruin my gift like that."
Sammy pulled off the hem of Tracy's clothes fearfully. "Tracy, how can you talk to Miss Atherton like that?! Hurry up and apologize!"
Ì didn’t do anything wrong. I won't apologize!" Tracy wiped away her tears stubbornly, looking pitiful.
With the honorific title of 'Miss Atherton', Sammy and Tracy successfully put Catelyn in a position of a bully as if she had been treating Tracy badly.
Whispers and accusations immediately came from the crowd.
"How rude is she?"
"I know she's the most respectful granddaughter of Old Lady Atherton, but Tracy is Old Madam Atherton's granddaughter, too. Being the descendant of her son, Tracy's bloodline is purer than Catelyn who was just the descendant of the daughter."
"I saw her dignified manner and thought she was a civilized lady, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious!"
"It's probably because her birthday present isn't as valuable as the painting, so she wants to destroy that painting to embarrass Tracy."
When Cedrick heard those slanders, his expression contorted with fury, which terrified all the guests in the hall and silenced them.
No one in the hall knew Catelyn better than him, and he was clear that she would not destroy the painting on purpose, not to mention that it was a gift to her grandmother.
Even if she did that intentionally, these outsiders had no right to comment on that.
Catelyn was very moved that Cedrick always stood up for her, and she was not frightened by everyone's aggressive attitude.
Her eyes slowly fell on Tracy.
Before this, she always felt that Tracy seemed to have a bit of hostility toward her. It seemed that her intuition was right after all.
"Tracy, did you bid for this for millions of dollars at a Swiss auction house?"
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