The Tycoon's Deepest Repentance (Sophia and Ryan) novel Chapter 196

Chapter 190: Charlotte’s Gift 

-Originally, she did not want to dismantle Cecilia’s clumsy lie. 

After all, there were so many people there, and old Mr. Foster seemed to like the painting, so she did not want to spoil everyone’s fun. 

But Cecilia tried to shame her, explicitly and implicitly. 

Pretending to be innocent but harboring ill will toward her. 

Others might not be able to see it, but Charlotte saw it clearly. 

ce she wanted to provoke her, she… 

Of course, she had to return the favor! 

Hearing Charlotte’s words, the people present couldn’t help but look at Cecilia. 

There was suspicion and contempt in their eyes. 

After all, what she had said was justified. 

This made everyone suspicious of Cecilia. 

“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?” Calvin, however, couldn’t sit still as he looked at Charlotte with an angry face. “What makes you so sure 

that this painting is the one you said Leo painted? You’re randomly throwing dirt on other people. How can you have no shame?” 

Cecilia, on the other hand, pursed her lips, her eyes fixed firmly on old Mr. Foster, “Grandpa, I don’t know why Charlotte said that… but this painting, it was indeed painted by me…” 

“If you don’t believe me, I can show you all my previous scraps.” 

Old Mr. Foster sniffed, looked at Cecilia, and then at Charlotte. 

For a moment he did not know whose words to believe. 

“Charlotte, tell me, how can you prove that this is Leo’s painting and not Cecilia’s?” 

Old Mr. Foster looked at Charlotte, his eyebrows furrowed. 

He was actually aware of Leo as a painter. 

After all, he loved the art of painting. 

Simon, Leo… they were all painters he admired. 

However, he had the impression that Leo had not painted the picture in his hand. 

Charlotte seemed to see what old Mr. Foster was thinking, so she replied in a flat voice, “Cecilia is still quite smart. She didn’t steal those famous works from Leo, otherwise, she would have been caught immediately. She stole one of Leo’s unpopular paintings that you might not have seen, Grandpa, but 

one thing won’t change-” 

“Leo’s paintings will always have his own signature hidden in them!” 

Old Mr. Foster’s eyes lit up as he heard this. 

“Indeed.” He seemed to have thought of something. “I once heard that Leo would hide his signature in his paintings.” 

With that, he lowered his head to look at the painting in his hand. 

It was a painting of sunflowers. 

On the disk of the sunflower, the letters LEO were faintly visible. 

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Leo–that was Leo. 

There was no doubt that this was Leo’s painting, not Cecilia’s! 

Old Mr. Foster put down the painting in his hands and immediately raised his eyes to look at Cecilia. 

The loving–kindness of before was gone, replaced by a stern and cold face. 

“Cecilia, is there something you want to explain?” 

Old Mr. Foster’s voice was light, but it exuded an imposing aura of calmness and authority. 

Cecilia’s face went slightly white for a few moments. 

held back her fingers, which wanted to tremble. 

She had calculated everything, but she failed to realize that there was such a secret in Leo’s paintings. 

It was also her own fault that she did not know Leo’s painting habits beforehand. If she had known clearly, she might not have been exposed. 

Of course, the most despicable thing was that girl, Charlotte. 

If it hadn’t been for her, things wouldn’t have been so bad. 

In the beginning, it was clear that no one could see it, and it was all her fault for suddenly jumping out and disrupting her good situation. 

“Cece.” Calvin looked at her too, his brow furrowed, “You can say whatever you want. Don’t be afraid. If you really drew it yourself, no one could pin it 

on you!” 

Cecilia bit her lip, her face growing paler and paler. 

She couldn’t say a word. 

When the crowd saw that look on her face, what else did they not understand? 

Cecilia was giving in! 

“Cecilia, why are you… doing this?” Old Mr. Foster’s forehead was wrinkled and under his eyes was complete majesty. “If you paint a picture with your own hands, I don’t mind even if it’s not good. Why would you want to take someone else’s painting?” 

Cecilia bit her lips hard, her complexion was unusually pale. 

“Grandpa,” Finally she spoke up, her voice was very low, with a hidden crying tone. “I originally wanted to paint a Simon–style painting to give to you… but I can’t really paint well, I can’t imitate the essence… I’ve painted a lot of scrap designs, none of which was good enough…” 

“Later I heard about Leo, a painter who specializes in imitating Simon, and I accidentally got Leo’s sunflower painting, which was very unpopular, and not many people have seen it… So that’s why I…” 

When she finished speaking, Cecilia almost cried, and her eyes were red. 

But no one present, except Calvin, sympathized with her. 

“Cecilia, you’re out of your mind!” Old Mr. Foster’s face became extraordinarily cold, and his eyes even had a few shivers in them. He was usually the most displeased with faking, and he didn’t expect someone to even fake a birthday present. Of course, he would get angry. 

“Take this painting back and return it to Leo, the original painter! Don’t disgrace yourself any further.” Old Mr. Foster placed the painting in front of her as quickly as he could, then pulled his eyes away and stopped looking at her. 

Cecilia continued to bite her lip, feeling that she had lost face and was incomparably humiliated. 

Calvin watched from the sidelines, not knowing how to comfort her. 

In his heart, even if she had stolen someone else’s painting, it was no big deal… 

The starting point was always good. 

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Chapter 190: Charlotte’s Gift 

At that moment, Cecilia put the sunflower painting away and sat down without saying a word. 

Calvin looked at her, then turned his head to look at Charlotte. 

“After talking so much about others, why don’t you bring out your gift?” 

His eyes were cold and stern as he glared at her. “You’re so determined to tear Cece down. Could it be that you are unable to get your own gift? 

For a moment, the crowd’s attention was drawn back to Charlotte. 

She pursed her lips slightly and smiled confidently, “Of course, I have to give you my gift.” 

Having said that, she took out a wooden box from her side and handed it to old Mr. Foster. 

andpa, this is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you like it. I also wish you a happy birthday, good health, and all the best!” 

She said it in one breath, along with the sweetness of her voice that made old Mr. Foster smile with joy. 

“Child, you really can speak well.” 

The old master complimented her with a smile. 

Off to the side, Max looked at his wife with a slight sideways glance, and his eyes were drenched in a few pleasant colors. 

“What is that? A broken wooden box? How dare you take that out?” When Calvin saw Charlotte take out a mediocre wooden box, his eyes immediately revealed a look of contempt. 

“A broken wooden box? This box is made of fine rosewood! This box alone is worth a lot!” Old Mr. Foster was a knowledgeable person, and with one glance, he could see the fineness of this wooden box. 

When the crowd heard old Mr. Foster speak, their faces couldn’t help but look surprised. 

Surprisingly, it was rosewood! 

Chapter 191: Give In to Others 

Chapter 191: Give In to Others 

Charlotte was really attentive… 

After hearing this, Cecilia’s face became worse and worse, and tears flowed down, unable to stop them. 

Calvin, on the other hand, had a defeated expression.