Triumph Above All Novel

Chapter 367

“How could you offer to buy an original Fontaine for a thousand dollars? On account of Mr. Oakley, I’m willing to lower my asking price to $600,000. That’s it, take it or leave it!”Skylar chuckled in amusement. “Alright then, it’s a deal!” “Sky!” Yulia whispered while tugging on her husband’s sleeve anxiously. She was not an art expert by any means, but even she could tell there was something odd about the shopkeeper’s behavior. A real Fontaine would easily cost $20million. How could he just arbitrarily lower the price to $600,000 just because of Mr. Oakley? Who was he trying to cheat? There was definitely something fishy going on! Yulia had to alert her husband somehow.“Don’t worry, dear, I got this,” Skylar whispered back to his wife, reassuring her. Yulia could only trust that her husband knew what he was doing.Skylar fished out his credit card from his wallet and passed it to the shopkeeper who was all too happy to oblige. After the payment went through, the shopkeeper happily rolled the painting into a case and handed it to Skylar.“Sir, I’m sure you’re aware of the rules around here, right?” the shopkeeper asked as he rolled up the painting into a case for Skylar.“Of course. I pay you the money, you give the goods, and we go our separate ways. Naturally, even if the painting turns out to be a fake, I won’t ask for a refund. Similarly, if the painting turns out to be a real treasure, you can’t ask for it back!” Skylar told the shopkeeper what he wanted to hear.Nolan Oakley, who had kept silent all this while, turned to Yvonne with a sly grin. “Yvonne, your cousin’s husband seems like one of those people with too much money. A simple painting with some fancy artist’s name slapped on made him drool on the carpet! It’s so obvious the painting’s a dud though. I wouldn’t even pay

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