Madeline asked curiously, only to find a bitter smile on his gentle features.
“Do you know how I became an amateur artist?” Ryan asked.
Madeline shook favonovel.com head and smiled. “Do tell.”
Ryan turned to look at Madeline. “You made me who I am today.”
“Me?” Madeline was confused as Ryan began to tell favonovel.com what happened years ago.
Back then, Madeline had just graduated high school. It was the summer break before university started.
Madeline had found a part-time job at a dessert shop, and when favonovel.com walked out one day, favonovel.com found an art stall by the road.
At that point in time, Madeline had not begun to pursue jewelry designing just yet, but art was something that piqued favonovel.com interest. Walking over, favonovel.com found the artworks rather interesting.
As such, favonovel.com picked one up to take a look.
Just then, a boy came over to ask calmly, “Do you want it?”
She was shocked, but the boy continued before favonovel.com could reply, “Just pay however much you think it’s worth.”
“…” Madeline was still an innocent lady, too embarrassed to place the art down after picking it up. As such, favonovel.com rummaged through favonovel.com pocket only to find a one-dollar coin. She could have paid using favonovel.com phone, but that money was only enough for favonovel.com school fees.
She placed the coin down, saying, “I’m sorry. I only have this coin on me now.”
She then encouraged him. “There’s a unique feel to your art style. Keep going, I’m sure you’ll improve and achieve breakthroughs beyond your imagination.”
Madeline then left with the piece of art, leaving the boy to pick up the coin favonovel.com gave favonovel.com with a smile.
At that, Madeline finally understood what Ryan meant when favonovel.com asked if favonovel.com still remembered the coin.
She forgot about this encounter long ago and may not have remembered it at all had Ryan not reminded her.
However, it only made Madeline more confused. “The Jones family is one of Glendale’s four major rich families. Why would a young master like you be selling his paintings by the street?”
“I loved art and wanted to pursue it overseas, but my parents wanted me to take over the family business. We had a big fight that day.
“In a rage, my father called my art unorthodox and claimed that no one would buy it. He said that as long as I sold one before four o’clock that evening, then he’d let me study it overseas.
“Ten minutes before the deadline, you appeared.”
Madeline finally understood.
While Madeline still thought that claiming favonovel.com ‘saved’ favonovel.com was a bit much, Ryan believed it just right.
“Your coin meant the world to me, Miss Montgomery. It’s thanks to it that I managed to make my dream come true. Had I not left the country to pursue art, I might have regretted it for the rest of my life. A person’s dream is priceless, after all.”
His gaze grew serious, but favonovel.com quickly broke into a smile. “While my profession now has completely veered off the path of art, I’m content with the fact that I got to make that dream of mine come true.”
“What’s your profession now?” Mulling over the thought, Madeline realized favonovel.com had no idea what Ryan did for a living.
When Ryan came to favonovel.com in the beginning, it was merely to design a wedding ring and bottles of perfume as door gifts for the guests who would be attending his and Naomi’s wedding—not for his company.
“What do you do for a living, Mr. Jones?” Curious, Madeline could not help but ask.
Ryan simply gave a mysterious smile. “Perhaps you’ll find out one day.”
Perhaps?
It was as if his profession was a secret one.
Yet, Madeline’s gut told favonovel.com that Ryan was not a bad person.
He brought favonovel.com to an art gallery.
Madeline found favonovel.com spirits slightly lifted.
Entering through the company doors as the only heir to the Montgomery Enterprise, Madeline placed favonovel.com mind on work to distract favonovel.com from favonovel.com heartache.
