Art World Mogul Destroys Promising Artist, Only To Be Humiliated By A Shocking Revelation!
Previously: A celebrated art critic brutally tears down a young painter's masterpiece, only for the artist's life to change forever with the arrival of international art buyers. But a deeper secret lurks.
An Unexpected Turn
Just as the humiliation threatened to consume me, the frosted trauma bay doors burst open. Two figures in impeccably tailored navy overcoats rushed in, their faces etched with urgency. The Senior Curator of the Louvre and the Sotheby's Global Managing Director. They had somehow tracked the "anonymous genius prodigy"—a title whispered about in hushed tones in galleries worldwide—right to this veterinary clinic. Dubois's smug expression faltered, replaced by a flicker of bewilderment and irritation. The Louvre curator, however, paid him no mind. He swept past the stunned professor and approached me, his reverence palpable. He laid a notarized acquisition contract, adorned with golden consular seals, upon the cold steel surface. "Mademoiselle Jack," he breathed, his voice filled with awe, "the Louvre and Sotheby's have united to tender ten million dollars upfront for your private collection." My pupils dilated in disbelief. Ten million dollars? Behind me, I heard a sharp intake of breath. Dubois's face had turned ashen.
”Behind me, I heard a sharp intake of breath. Dubois's face had turned ashen.