Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)

Chapter 337

Jason couldn't help but said, "That's impossible."

Marina was also shocked as soon as he said so.

She knew immediately from Jason's reaction that there was a problem with the painting.

Marina elbowed Jason to make him act more naturally.

Even if there was a problem with the painting, they had to act calm in front of Simon to avoid being

questioned by Oliver.

So many people handled the painting. It was hard to know who had switched the real one with a

forgery.

Jason didn't check the artwork when he handed it to Marina. He thought that it would be his again one

day.

Marina secretly looked at the painting and thought it was a good one. She always wanted to sell it at a

high price.

Marina sent the painting to the JH gallery for auction herself. She found someone she knew on

purpose.

Jason got Marina's signal at this time. He could only say that he didn't know it was a forgery by now.

After all, it's hard for ordinary people to tell whether a painting was forgery.

He circled the painting and checked it several times. He said that now he was old and his memory

wasn't as good as before. It was difficult to distinguish between the real one and the forgery.

Simon had guessed something from Jason's expression.

Marina tried to smooth things over. She said they should find the person in charge of the JH gallery and

see what had happened to the painting.

She just wanted to stall in front of Simon.

Jason also said that they were going to the JH gallery and checking all the records after giving them

the painting.

Simon didn't say anything and took Jason and Marina to the elevator.

At this moment, Marina and Jason were no longer in the mood to see how well decorated the building

of the Williams Group was.

They just wanted to figure out what had happened to the painting.

Jason was about to say something to Marina in the elevator.

Marina pointed to the camera in the elevator and signaled him to shut up. They would discuss the

matter.

Jason shut up and felt nervous.

He couldn't figure out why it was like this.

Marina pulled Jason aside as soon as they walked out of the building.

"Is it the painting you had before?" Marina couldn't wait any longer.

Jason didn't want to hide it from Marina, so he said, "It seems to be different from the one I kept in the

safe."

He thought it was lucky that he hadn't called Mr. Lanston to come with them. Mr. Lanston would say

that the scroll of the painting had been changed if he was here. It would have confirmed that the

painting Oliver owned was fake.

Jason was drenched in cold sweat when he thought about it. If Oliver knew that he had paid so much

money for a forgery, they would have to spit out all the money they had received and pay a large

amount of compensation.

The White Family was now an empty shell. Anything could crush the White Family now.

Jason's upset expression made Marina angry.

"I can assure you that nothing had happened to the painting when I had it. Let's go to JH Auction

Organization to investigate the original records and see if the records match with your original

painting." Marina said.

Jason was too distracted to drive, so he sat in the passenger seat. Content is © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Marina drove to the JH gallery.

As soon as they entered, the person in charge of JH gallery was already waiting there. He asked them

if they had explained everything to Oliver.

Jason kept shaking his head. There was no chance to explain to Oliver. They didn't even see Oliver in

person.

Marina asked the person in charge to pull up the record of the painting that she had sent over. The

record showed the same one that Oliver had now.

The painting was always by Marina's side. She knew that it was costly and was very careful. She was

with the painting all the time, whether they needed it for a video or to the auction hall.

Jason was completely dumbfounded by now.

The people in charge also saw the expression of Jason and Marina.

He knew that there was something wrong with the painting.

Marina became furious.

The person in charge said, "I was doing you a favor by trusting you because I know you in person. Now

that something went you, you have to take the full responsibility."

The auction house was like this. They would accept whatever you brought in.

They could get commissions from the sellings if they met someone rich but had limited knowledge of

art.

Everyone who gave the gallery the item signed an agreement stating the risk the seller had to take.

The auction house had the least responsibility. They were providing publicity, which was equivalent to a

sales position. They only needed to take care of selling things and earning commissions.

Marina was completely dumbfounded too. The people from JH had helped her authenticate the painting

and told her that it was the real one. Only then did they put it on the market and signed the contract

stating they would pay the compensation if it were a forgery.

In fact, she didn't even read the contents of the agreement. She thought she could trust them.

Plus, the painting was given to her by Jason, so what else could be wrong?

"Don't you dare clear yourself out from the situation. You've taken a 30% cut from the benefit. You are

responsible too!" Marina shouted at the top of her lungs.

"I could only tell you to take a good look at the agreement." Said the person in charge of the JH gallery.

Marina immediately drove home and took out the signed agreement.

There was still a glimmer of hope before she read it, but it all disappeared when she read it.

The agreement indicated that JH had no responsibility at all. It was all her fault.

Marina collapsed on the sofa.

Jason also picked up the agreement and read it.

"When it rains, it pours," thought Jason.

He lost all their money and caused a big problem for Marina.

However, how could an actual painting change into a forgery without anybody knowing about it?

Only then did Jason realize that he could open the safe and check the rest of his collections.

He spread out all the collections on the floor of the study.

The more he looked, the more he noticed that something was wrong. Everything looked different from

those in the past.

Jason was holding a magnifying glass, and his hands were trembling.

His safe had always been at home. There had never been any problems or alarms.

No one knew the password to his safe, not even Marina.

How did someone switch his paintings?

Jason asked the servants to bring him the surveillance video installed at home and look back and forth

several times.

He noticed that there had been a power outage at the White Residence, and they changed the circuit

because of it.

There were a few workers in the house. However, they were all employees from a big company, and

they didn't know where his safe was.

It was indeed a strange thing.