Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 180

“That’s ridiculous!” Liana struggled to keep the smile on her face. “I bought this from the Harpers‘ auction house. It can’t be a counterfeit?

After she dragged the Harpers into the mess, Landon snickered. “Ms. Gardner, you are probably unfamiliar with the industry because you haven’t been involved with auctions. Parry’s Auction of the Harper Group Is the biggest auction house in the nation,

“The items we take in have undergone stringent inspection and verification. It Is Impossible to buy counterfeits from us. It’s one thing to be ignorant; it’s another thing to ruin my family’s reputation.”

The look in Jasper’s eyes deepened. He recalled Alice’s smirk when she indirectly led Liana to buy the replica at ten times the starting price at the charity auction. Could she have foreseen that Llana would buy the painting for Newton?

Was it all a coincidence or a trap from the start?

the Harpers. “Some works of paintings are replicas but considered antique. It is hard for a replica to look the same as the original. A top–grade replica can

expert continued, “However, the replica you bought is a little inferior. If

bought it for a million from Parry’s Auction!”

a counterfeit with one million? She must have been wrong in the head. The people around chuckled at her

how the tables had

most 100 thousand. I could only say that you have contributed a lot

embarrassment and looked

niece.

of the price, Ms. Gardner bought it with good intentions.” Newton might not have approved of Liana,

do this to me?” Ashamed, Liana directed a pointed question at Alice. She finally broke down from the humiliation she had received

“Ms. Gardner, what makes you say that? I

and Landon were astonished by the interaction between the two ladies. Did Alice outplay Liana by